TOKYO: Japan’s wholesale inflation hovered near a 13-year high in August as raw material imports continued to rise on solid global demand, data showed yesterday, putting pressure on companies to pass on higher costs to households.
Many analysts, however, expected companies to keep any price hike moderate as state of emergency curbs to combat the coronavirus pandemic weighed on domestic demand.
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