Japan inflation at highest level

BSS :
Japan’s core consumer prices rose 3.0 percent in September on-year, the government said Friday, the highest level since 2014 as the falling yen and rising energy costs hit households hard.
The data, which excludes volatile fresh food prices, brings inflation well above the Bank of Japan’s long-term 2.0 percent goal.
But excluding energy prices, the figure stood at only 1.8 percent, bolstering the central bank’s argument that current increases do not yet meet its standard for sustained price growth.