TOKYO, April 21 ― Japan's consumer prices rose 3.1 per cent in March, matching last month's figure and roughly in line with expectations, as inflation slows from.
Core consumer prices in Japan rose 3.6 percent in October from a year earlier, government data showed on Nov. 18, well above the Bank of Japan s 2 percent target.
Japan s core consumer prices leaped 3.0 percent in September, marking the sharpest gain in over 31 years, as a faltering yen inflated a range of import costs from energy to food, government data shows, complicating the Bank of Japan s commitment to monetary easing.
Japan s core consumer prices surged 2.8 percent to a nearly eight-year high in August, in the latest sign of cost-push inflation accelerated by a weak yen to the detriment of consumers, government data showed on Sept. 20, heaping pressure on the dovish Bank of Japan.
TOKYO, Aug 19 Japan’s core consumer prices for items excluding fresh products rose 2.4 per cent on-year in July, the highest in more than seven years and marking four.