TOKYO, June 10 (Reuters) – Japanese wholesale prices rose
6.3 percent in the year to May, Bank of Japan
data showed on Wednesday.[JPCGPY=ECI]
The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each
other for their goods and services, compares with the median market forecast for a 5.5 percent annual
increase and
follows a 5.3 percent annual increase in April.
Details were as follows (preliminary, with percentage change; economists’ median forecast in parentheses;
previous figures may be revised):
MAY APRIL MARCH MAY INDEX
Year-on-year +6.3 (+5.5) +5.3 +2.8 +134.5
Mth-on-mth +0.9 (+0.5) +2.8 +0.9
To view the full tables, go to
http://www.boj.or.jp/en/statistics/pi/cgpi_release/index.htm/
(Reporting by Tokyo newsroom)