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Japan headline inflation rate hits highest this year as energy prices bite - CNBC

Published by CNBC By Lim Hui Jie · 21 August 2026 at 02:47

What the report says

Core inflation — which strips out prices of fresh food but includes energy — was in line with expectations, coming in at 1.8%.

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