ECONOMICS COMMENTARY
Sep 27, 2013
Japanese inflation hits five-year high
Japan's consumer prices rose for the fifth time in the past six months in August, taking the annual rate of inflation to its highest since late 2008. The increase in prices is a welcome indication that the government's policies designed to end two decades of deflation are succeeding.
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