TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer prices rose 2.4% in July from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, topping the central bank’s 2% price stability goal for the fourth straight month.
The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, matched the median estimate in a Reuters poll.
Stripping away the effect of fresh food and energy, consumer prices rose 1.2% in July from a year ago, the internal affairs ministry data showed.
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takahiko Wada; Editing by Sam Holmes)
