88.6% of Japan households expect prices to rise a year from now, BOJ says

TOKYO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The ratio of ​Japanese households ‌expecting prices to rise a year ‌from ​now ⁠hit 88.6% in ⁠September, a quarterly Bank of Japan survey ​showed on Tuesday, ⁠down ⁠from 90.4% in ​the previous survey.

The ​survey also showed ‌86.5% of respondents expect prices ⁠to rise five years from now, ⁠up ‌slightly from ⁠86.1% in the ​previous ‌survey in ​June.

(Reporting by ⁠Takahiko Wada and Makiko Yamazaki, Editing by Chang-Ran ​Kim)