Japan core CPI flat in July, above expectations
August 27, 2015 at 19:31 PM EDT
Japan's core consumer price index, which excludes volatile prices of fresh food but includes prices of oil products, was flat in July from the year-ago period, government data showed on Friday, compared with Reuters' forecast for a drop of 0.2 percent and down from a 0.1 percent rise in June. Earlier this week, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda sought to...