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Japan April wholesale prices rise 5.8%, but pace slows for 4th straight month
Japan's wholesale prices rose 5.8 per cent in April from a year earlier, but the pace slowed for the fourth straight month, data showed on Monday, suggesting that consumer inflation will begin to moderate as cost-push presJapan's wholesale prices rose 5.8 per cent in April from a year earlier, but the pace slowed for the fourth straight month, data showed on Monday, suggesting that consumer inflation will begin to moderate as cost-push pressures ease. The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services, followed a 7.4 per cent annual ... (full story)