TOKYO, Feb 20 : Japan's annual core consumer inflation hit 2.0 per cent in January, marking the slowest pace in two years, data showed on Friday, suggesting weakening cost-push pressure that could complicate the central bank's decision on how soon to raise interest rates. The year-on-year increase in the core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food costs, matched a median market forecast and slowed from a 2.4 per cent gain in December. The data is in line with the Bank of Japan'

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