Japan August wholesale prices inch up at the fastest pace in nine years

In August, Japanese wholesale prices rallied at the fastest annual tempo in almost nine years because firm Chinese demand spurred commodity prices, thus offering glimmers of hope that consumer inflation will speed up on its way to the key bank's 2% objective.

However, some experts warn the pick-up in wholesale inflation isn’t going to be sturdy enough to nudge companies into spurring retail goods prices.

The soar was powered mainly by items greatly affected by global commodities prices, including metal goods and crude, as some financial experts disclosed.

In August, wholesale prices edged up 2.9% from the previous year, growing for the eighth straight month and also marking the fastest tempo of surge since October 2008, as Bank of Japan data announced on Wednesday.

The soar in the corporate goods price index, gauging the price, which firms charge each other for their services and goods, turned to be in line with a median market prediction for a 3% ascend. The July revenue hit 2.6%.

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