TOKYO: Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated in July from a year earlier as firms passed on rising import costs from a weak yen and the US-Israeli war on Iran, data showed on Friday (Aug 21), bolstering the case for a rate hike from the central bank.The data will be among the factors the Bank of Japan w

TOKYO, Aug 21 : Japan's core consumer prices rose 1.8 per cent in July from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.The core consumer price index, which includes oil…

TOKYO: Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated in July from a year earlier as firms passed on rising import costs from a weak yen and the US-Israeli war on Iran, data showed…