Japan August Consumer Price Index: Statistical Summary (Table)

By Minh Bui

Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of Japan's consumer price index from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Tokyo.

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                          Aug.   July   June    May  April  March   Feb.   Jan.
                          2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008
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                        --------------Month-on-Month Percent Change--------------
Tokyo:                 
 CPI                     -0.1%   0.2%   0.5%   0.3%   0.1%   0.2%   0.0%  -0.1%
 CPI core                -0.1%   0.3%   0.3%   0.2%   0.2%   0.1%  -0.1%   0.3%
  Ex-food, energy        -0.1%   0.0%   0.1%   0.1%  -0.1%   0.1%  -0.2%   0.2%
 CPI (nsa)                0.1%  -0.1%   0.3%   0.5%   0.3%   0.6%  -0.3%  -0.3%
 CPI core (nsa)           0.2%   0.1%   0.2%   0.4%   0.4%   0.5%  -0.2%  -0.4%
  Ex-food, energy (nsa)   0.2%  -0.2%  -0.1%   0.3%   0.3%   0.6%  -0.4%  -0.6%



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                          Aug.   July   June    May  April  March   Feb.   Jan.
                          2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008
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                        --------------Month-on-Month Percent Change--------------
National:              
 CPI                       n/a   0.4%   0.7%   0.6%  -0.3%   0.2%   0.1%   0.0%
 CPI core                  n/a   0.5%   0.4%   0.7%  -0.3%   0.1%   0.1%   0.1%
  ex-food, energy          n/a   0.0%   0.1%  -0.1%  -0.1%   0.1%  -0.1%   0.1%
 CPI (nsa)                 n/a   0.2%   0.5%   0.8%  -0.1%   0.5%  -0.2%  -0.2%
 CPI core (nsa)            n/a   0.4%   0.4%   0.8%   0.0%   0.4%  -0.1%  -0.4%
  ex-food, energy (nsa)    n/a  -0.1%   0.0%   0.1%   0.2%   0.5%  -0.3%  -0.6%
Tokyo:                  ---------------Year-on-Year- Percent Change--------------
 CPI                      1.3%   1.6%   1.5%   0.9%   0.6%   0.6%   0.4%   0.3%
 CPI core                 1.5%   1.6%   1.3%   0.9%   0.7%   0.6%   0.4%   0.4%
  ex-food, energy         0.2%   0.3%   0.3%   0.1%   0.0%   0.1%  -0.1%   0.0%
National:              
 CPI                       n/a   2.3%   2.0%   1.3%   0.8%   1.2%   1.0%   0.7%
 CPI core                  n/a   2.4%   1.9%   1.5%   0.9%   1.2%   1.0%   0.8%
  ex-food, energy          n/a   0.2%   0.1%  -0.1%  -0.1%   0.1%  -0.1%  -0.1%
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NOTE: CPI core excludes fresh food. Month-on-month percent changes are seasonally adjusted, unless otherwise noted. Year-on-year percent changes are not seasonally adjusted. Index: 2005=100

SOURCE: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

To contact the reporter on this story: Minh Bui in Tokyo at mbui@bloomberg.net