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Japan May wholesale prices rise 6.3 pct yr/yr

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A member of the fish market staff checks the boxes of katsuo (shipjack tuna) before a wholesale auction at Kure Port, in Nakatosa Town, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, May 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
A member of the fish market staff checks the boxes of katsuo (shipjack tuna) before a wholesale auction at Kure Port, in Nakatosa Town, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, May 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon KIM KYUNG-HOON Reuters

TOKYO - Japanese wholesale prices rose

6.3 percent in the year to May, Bank of Japan

data showed on Wednesday.[JPCGPY=ECI]

The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each

other for their goods and services, compares with the median market forecast for a 5.5 percent annual

increase and

follows a 5.3 percent annual increase in April.

Details were as follows (preliminary, with percentage change; economists' median forecast in parentheses;

previous figures may be revised):

MAY APRIL MARCH MAY INDEX

Year-on-year +6.3 (+5.5) +5.3 +2.8 +134.5

Mth-on-mth +0.9 (+0.5) +2.8 +0.9

To view the full tables, go to

http://www.boj.or.jp/en/statistics/pi/cgpi_release/index.htm/

(Reporting by Tokyo newsroom)

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This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM.

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