JAPAN REPORTS A RISE IN WHOLESALE PRICES IN MARCH BY 1.0%

Highlights –

• Japan reports a rise in wholesale prices in March by 1.0%.
• Prices for oil and coal products gained 9.8 percent in March.
• Nonferrous metal prices jumped due to strong demand in China by 28.7 percent.
• The country’s import and export prices both saw a rise by 5.6% and 5.5% respectively.

Japan's central bank, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) o....