Japan Aug wholesale goods price index rises 3.4 pct yr-on-yr

The wholesale goods price index rose 3.4 pct from a year earlier to 101.5 in August, the Bank of Japan said, matching market expectations.
Month-on-month, the index was up 0.2 pct.
In July, the index also rose 3.4 pct year-on-year and increased a revised 0.8 pct from June.
The export price index in August, in contract currency terms, was at 94.9, up 1.9 pct from a year
earlier and was 0.4 pct higher from the previous month. In July, the export price index increased a revised 1.6 pct from a year before and gained a revised 0.6 pct from the previous month.
The import price index, in contract currency terms, stood at 132.4, up 13.8 pct from a a year earlier and rose 1.9 pct from the month before. In July, the import price index rose a revised 12.8 pct from a year ago and increased 1.2 pct from June.