Thursday, July 22, 2010

May - Consumer Prices fall for 15th Month

Japan says consumer prices fell for the 15th straight month in May as deflation kept its grip.

The core consumer price index, which excludes fresh food, fell 1.2 percent from a year earlier.
The result compares Kyodo news agency's average market forecast for a 1.3 percent decline.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100624/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_economy_3

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