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New varsity index takes in Japan's hidden inflation
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Mon, Apr 13, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
IF the Bank of Japan's core price gauge is anything to go by, inflation has all but disappeared. Try telling that to anyone who pays the bills.
The general public thinks the cost of living is rising more than twice as fast as the official inflation rate, a survey of consumers by the Bank of Japan shows. So why the gap?
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