Japanese consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 0.7 per cent last month, with the jobless rate at 3.8 per cent. Photo: Reuters Japanese consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 0.7 per cent last month, with the jobless rate at 3.8 per cent. Photo: Reuters
Japanese consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 0.7 per cent last month, with the jobless rate at 3.8 per cent. Photo: Reuters
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Energy costs fuel surge in Japanese consumer prices

Data shows rise in July the fastest since 2008 and may spur Tokyo to hold monetary policy

Bloomberg
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Updated: 2:51pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Japanese consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 0.7 per cent last month, with the jobless rate at 3.8 per cent. Photo: Reuters Japanese consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 0.7 per cent last month, with the jobless rate at 3.8 per cent. Photo: Reuters
Japanese consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 0.7 per cent last month, with the jobless rate at 3.8 per cent. Photo: Reuters
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