TOKYO : Japan's consumer inflation rate likely picked up for the fourth straight month in August, a Reuters poll of 20 economists showed, tracking comfortably above the central bank's 2 per cent target and keeping alive expectations for more rate hikes ahead. Other data next week is expected to show that exports in August continued to grow amid a recovery in chip-related shipments, even though exports would fall short of import gains and result in a trade deficit. The core Consumer Prices Index

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