Japan's consumer inflation eases for 5th month
January 29, 2015 at 18:30 PM EST
Japan's consumer inflation eased in December for a fifth straight month as oil prices slumped, raising further doubts over the Bank of Japan's ability to meet its ambitious inflation targets. The consumer price index rose 2.5 percent in December from the year-ago period, government data showed on Friday, compared with Reuters' forecast for a rise of 2.6...