According to CoinMeta, institutions pointed out that Japan's latest corporate goods inflation data shows that companies are still facing ongoing price pressures, with the year-on-year increase in this indicator accelerating to 7.1% in October. Economists at Sumitomo Mitsui SMBC Securities stated that additional transportation and insurance costs resulting from the switch to other oil procurement channels may keep import costs high in the short term, thereby supporting corporate-level inflation. Given that Japanese companies have become more proactive in passing on rising costs in recent years, even if import costs begin to decline in the future, corporate-level inflation is likely to only slow down moderately. Based on expectations in the crude oil futures market, the increase in import prices is expected to gradually slow down and turn into negative year-on-year growth in the second half of the 2027 fiscal year.