TOKYO :Japan's core inflation in October held above the central bank's 2 per cent target and an index stripping away the effect of fuel accelerated, data showed on Friday, keeping pressure on the central bank to raise its still-low interest rates.The data also showed continued gains in service prices, which a

TOKYO : Japan's core consumer prices in October rose 2.3 per cent from a year earlier, slowing from September's pace but continuing to exceed the central bank's 2 per cent target in a sign conditions for further interest rate hikes were falling in place.The data will be among factors the Bank of Japan wil

(Bloomberg) — Japan’s key inflation gauge held above the central bank’s target even as price gains moderated a tad, in data largely supporting the central bank’s view that underlying inflation remains solid.