Wholesale prices rose at their fastest pace in more than two years in February on higher oil prices, up 1 percent from a year earlier, Bank of Japan data showed Monday.
The result bodes well for the central bank, which has been trying to achieve a 2 percent inflation goal by implementing aggressive monetary easing measures. Wholesale prices, which fell for a second year in 2016, tend to affect consumer prices.
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