TOKYO : Consumer inflation in Tokyo likely accelerated in December on higher food costs and after the government's suspension of its gas and electricity subsidies, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The expected pickup could prod the Bank of Japan, which decided to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.25 per cent on Thursday, to raise borrowing costs in the new year. The core consumer price index (CPI) in Tokyo, a leading indicator of nationwide price trends, was expected to have sped up to 2.5 per

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