Japan May services producer prices rise 3.3% y/y on soaring fuel costs
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TOKYO, June 24 : Japan's services producer price index in May rose 3.3 per cent from a year earlier, central bank data showed on Wednesday, a sign of broadening inflationary pressure that will keep alive market expectations of further interest rate hikes. The annual rise in the index, which tracks the price companies charge each other for services, followed a revised 3.3 per cent gain in April. The increase was driven by a 61.8 per cent surge in the cost of ocean freight transportation and a 17.
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