TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) – Japanese wholesale prices rose
4.9 percent in the year to April, Bank of Japan
data showed on Friday.[JPCGPY=ECI]
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 3.0 percent annual
increase and
follows a 2.9 percent annual increase in March.
Details were as follows (preliminary, with percentage change; economists’ median forecast in parentheses;
previous figures may be revised):
APRIL MARCH FEB APRIL INDEX
Year-on-year +4.9 (+3.0) +2.9 +2.1 +132.8
Mth-on-mth +2.3 (+0.7) +1.0 0.0
To view the full tables, go to
http://www.boj.or.jp/en/statistics/pi/cgpi_release/index.htm/
(Reporting by Tokyo newsroom)
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