Inflation in Japan is fast spreading to the largest share of items in two decades as the Bank of Japan waits for wage growth to accompany a rise in prices.
The proportion of items that saw price gains in Japan’s core consumer price basket climbed to 69.2% last month, the most in data going back to January 2001, according to a release from the central bank published Tuesday.
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