Japan Overtime Pay YoY

Japan · Monthly series · EC-JP-OPYY

Latest, September 2026

3.6%

-1.30pp from August 2026

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19.9-3.25-26.4October 2016September 2027
History through September 2026, the forecast path to September 2027 (dashed) and its 80% interval (shaded).

Forecast

Forecast for September 2027: -0.1%, with an 80% interval of -4.1% to 1.9%.

Forecast path. Intervals are shown where available.
PeriodForecast80% low80% high
October 20263.6%2.1%5.0%
November 20262.9%0.8%5.0%
December 20262.8%0.9%4.5%
January 20272.5%-1.6%6.1%
February 20271.9%-1.8%5.2%
March 20271.5%-0.8%3.3%
April 20271.1%-1.8%3.2%
May 20270.8%-4.8%4.3%
June 20270.7%-3.3%3.2%
July 20270.4%-5.2%3.4%
August 2027-0.0%-4.1%2.1%
September 2027-0.1%-4.1%1.9%

Model: Agentic Investor TSFM (foundation model). Forecast generated 2026-11-14.

AI confidence

Supported evidence

The point forecast beat the no-change baseline overall and in a majority of the evaluated tests.

Model: Agentic Investor TSFM (foundation model)

Accuracy vs naive
+28%Beats the no-change baseline over 12 tests (12 tests, 7 won)
Direction
59%No clear edge over a coin flip (83 of 141 calls right in 12 tests)
Turning points
32 of 73Anticipated some turns (73 turns in 12 tests, 0 without a turn)
Error vs baseline
28% lowerError ratio 0.72; 1.00 is a tie.
Tests won
7 / 12Complete rolling backtests; ties count as no win.
Test period
2014-10-01 to 2026-09-0112 observations ahead per test.
80% band coverage
80%Observed outcomes inside the band across all stored test windows.
How this assessment is made

AI confidence describes historical evidence for this forecast, not a probability of being correct. Each backtest fits on data available before its test window. The baseline carries the last value forward. Supported evidence requires at least six complete, non-overlapping tests, an error ratio below 0.90 (rounded to two decimals), and wins in a majority of tests. Ratios from 0.90 to below 1.10 are on par; 1.10 or above is weak evidence. Inconsistent wins produce mixed evidence. For a selected model, only the recent tests excluded from model selection determine this label. These are historical simulations using the available data, not a live trading track record; revisions and foundation-model pretraining can limit how closely they reproduce a past decision. Past performance can change.

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Model comparison

Comparison pendingA new ticker first receives its serving model's forecast and evaluation. An eligible nightly batch can compare both candidates, subject to call budgets and retry limits.

Reading

It is above 82% of the 119 earlier readings since October 2016.

Written from the figures by a fixed template; no AI model is involved.

Recent history (24 observations)
The 24 most recent observations, newest first.
PeriodValue
September 20263.6%
August 20264.9%
July 20264.5%
June 20263.4%
May 20262.8%
April 20264.8%
March 20263.1%
February 20263.0%
January 20263.2%
December 20251.5%
November 20251.2%
October 20252.1%
September 20251.0%
August 20250.4%
July 20253.0%
June 20250.5%
May 20251.4%
April 20251.3%
March 2025-0.4%
February 20252.4%
January 20251.5%
December 20240.8%
November 20241.4%
October 20240.7%

Source

Data: public market data feeds.

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