Japan's July Corporate Goods Price Index: Summary (Table)

By Minh Bui

Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Following is the summary table for the Corporate Goods Price Index from the Bank of Japan in Tokyo. (Index 2005=100)

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                        July    June     May    April   March   Feb.    Jan.
                        2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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                        -------------Month-on-Month Percent Change-------------
Corporate goods prices   2.0%    0.9%    1.2%    0.7%    0.6%    0.5%    0.2%
export prices            1.2%    2.7%    1.8%    2.4%   -2.9%    0.4%   -2.5%
import prices            2.8%    8.2%    4.3%    4.9%   -2.7%    1.6%   -2.2%
                       ---------------Year-on-Year Percent Change--------------
Corporate goods prices   7.1%    5.7%    4.8%    3.9%    3.9%    3.5%    3.0%
Export prices           -2.8%   -4.2%   -5.6%   -5.9%   -6.8%   -5.3%   -5.8%
Import prices           21.6%   18.1%   10.8%   10.0%    8.3%   11.0%    7.1%
                       ------------------------Yen level-----------------------
Yen                     106.8   106.9   104.2   102.5   101.0   107.2   107.7
MoM percent change      -0.1%    2.6%    1.6%    1.6%   -5.9%   -0.4%   -4.2%
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SOURCE: Bank of Japan http://www.boj.or/jp/en

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