TOKYO : Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2 per cent target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for further interest rate hikes. The data comes hours before the Bank of Japan concludes its two-day policy meeting, where it is widely expected to keep interest rates steady at 0.25 per cent. The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 2.8 per cent in

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