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Japan's core inflation hits 2.1% in September, highest this year
CNBC reports Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.1% in September, matching a Reuters poll and accelerating from 1.7% in August.
- New headline Was: “Japan core inflation in September surges to its highest this year at 2.1%”
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Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.1% in September from a year earlier, the highest reading this year, CNBC reported, citing figures that also showed headline inflation at 2.1%1.
Core inflation, which excludes fresh food, accelerated from 1.7% in August and matched a 2.1% forecast in a Reuters poll of economists, according to CNBC1.
The so-called core-core measure, which strips out fresh food and energy and is the Bank of Japan's preferred gauge, stood at 2.4%, CNBC said1.
Official statistics were not independently reviewed beyond CNBC's account1.
