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CNA SingaporeNews report · Sep 17, 11:39 PM
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Japan August inflation slows ahead of expected rate hike
BBC News - Business and Japan Times describe the same event in different terms.
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What happened Japan August inflation slows ahead of expected rate hike.
The headline split CNA Singapore frames it as "Japan August inflation slows ahead of expected rate hike". Bloomberg - Economics frames it as "Japan’s Inflation Slows Before Expected BOJ Interest Rate Hike".
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BBC News - BusinessNews report · Sep 18, 2:56 AM
Japan raises interest rate to new 31-year high to curb rising prices
Central banks around the world have hiked rates as high energy prices are pushing up inflation.
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Japan TimesNews report · Sep 18, 1:29 AM
Japan’s inflation slows for the first time in four months
The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 1.7% in August from a year earlier, easing from a 1.8% pace in July.
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Bloomberg - EconomicsNews report · Sep 17, 11:36 PM
Japan’s Inflation Slows Before Expected BOJ Interest Rate Hike
Japan’s inflation slowed for the first time in four months, largely reflecting the effect of government subsidies, in data released hours before the Bank of Japan is expected to announce an...
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