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Japan's core consumer prices up 0.2pc in August year-on-year
TOKYO : Japan 's core consumer prices rose 0.2 in August from a year earlier, beating market expectations of a 0.1 perc
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The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile food prices, has risen in part due to an increase in energy prices, but Japan remains mired in a deflationary trend of falling prices.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011