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Japan May wholesale prices rise 6.3 pct yr/yr
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Japan May wholesale prices rise 6.3 pct yr/yr TOKYO, June 10 : Japanese wholesale prices rose 6.3 per cent in the year to May, Bank of Japan data showed on Wednesday. The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services, compares with the median market forecast for a 5.5 per cent annual increase and follows a 5.3 per cent annual increase in April. Details were as follows (preliminary, with percentage change;...
Japan May wholesale prices rise 6.3 pct yr/yr
TOKYO, June 10 : Japanese wholesale prices rose
6.3 per cent in the year to May, Bank of Japan
data showed on Wednesday.
The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each
other for their goods and services, compares with the median market forecast for a 5.5 per cent annual
increase and
follows a 5.3 per cent annual increase in April.
Details were as follows (preliminary, with percentage change; economists' median forecast in parentheses;
previous figures may be revised):
MAY APRIL MARCH MAY INDEX
Year-on-year +6.3 (+5.5) +5.3 +2.8 +134.5
Mth-on-mth +0.9 (+0.5) +2.8 +0.9
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http://www.boj.or.jp/en/statistics/pi/cgpi_release/index.htm/