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Post by bot on Apr 26, 2012 19:58:42 GMT -5
Japan March core consumer prices rise 0.2% from MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.2% during March compared to a year ago, the Statistics Bureau of Japan reported Friday. Economists had been expecting a 0.1% rise in core CPI, according to separate surveys by Reuters and Dow Jones Newswires. Core CPI, which strips out volatile food prices, rose 0.5% from the previous month, while overall CPI rose 0.5% on an annual and monthly basis. In a heavy day for Japanese data, other releases from the ministry showed the unemployment rate was at 4.5% in March, unchanged from February and in line with economists' expectations. Average March monthly spending for household of two or more people rose 3.4% to 303,841 yen ($3,754) in real terms compared to the previous year, below economist expectations for a 4.0% rise.
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