Despite continued economic growth, the core Consumer Price Index remains at a modest 2.6%, according to the government's latest reading.
Analysts surveyed by MarketWatch look for the overall and core consumer price index to show a 0.2% rise in inflation.
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The rise in Japan's core consumer price index in April, which excludes food prices, was largely in line with expectations.
The core Consumer Price Index, excluding the volatile food and energy sectors, rose 0.3% in June for the second straight month.
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The core PCE price index, which excludes food and energy prices, increased one point more than it did in April, moving up 0.3%.
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Core consumer price inflation, which excludes the volatile categories of food and fuel, has accelerated, to 2.6% at an annual rate in the three months to February.
The government reported that the core Consumer Price Index rose just 0.2% in December, which was right in line with expectations, indicating that inflation remains in check.
The Labor Department said that the core producer price index for wholesale prices on goods excluding food and energy rose 0.5% in January, up from a 0.2% increase in December.
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Separate figures showed that Japan's core consumer price index fell 0.4% in April from a year earlier, indicating that the Bank of Japan is still far from its goal of achieving steady 2% price growth to overcome years of deflationary pressures.
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In the last three months of 2005, core consumer-price inflation (ie, excluding food and energy) was running at an annualised 2.6%.
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The Fed's favored gauge, the core Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, was up just 2.1% in May from a year earlier, barely above the central bank's perceived 2.0% ceiling.
Although mass retailers are resorting to deep discounts, the luxury sector has been able to restore some of its core, full-price selling, which all but disappeared in the recession, said Mr. Sadove, the Saks CEO.
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The core rate of consumer-price inflation (excluding fresh foods) turned positive (0.1%) in the 12 months to November.
Again, the government tried to fix this problem with price controls on core edibles like eggs, chicken and bread.
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The core prices in the producer-price index, which measures the cost of finished goods, rose 0.1%.
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Expensive labor has made core foodstuffs more expensive and governmental price controls have just induced a lower production on the whole.
By the same token, today's benign core inflation figures may be understating price pressures, particularly given the falling dollar and record oil prices.
While he said he had no reservations about adopting the target, Mr. Shirakawa warned against any belief that the central bank has sway over people's price expectations, a core element of reflationist thinking.
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Another measure of core inflation that we monitor closely, based on the price index for personal consumption expenditures excluding food and energy, shows a similar pattern.
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