JAPAN’S CPI FALLS BY 0.4 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY 2021

Highlights-

• Japan’s CPI falls by 0.4 percent in February 2021.
• Nationwide core consumer prices declined 0.6 percent in January.
• Electricity and gas bills sagged 7.8 percent and 6.2 percent in February 2021.
• Gasoline prices also fell 6.2 percent in the reporting month.

Japan government on Friday reported the country’s core consumer price index to f....