Japan core CPI up 0.1% on-year in June, tad above forecast

Yoshikazu Tsuno | AFP | Getty Images. Japan core CPI up 0.1% on-year in June, tad above forecast

Japan's core consumer price index rose 0.1 percent on-year in June, a tad above the 0.0 percent forecast in a Reuters poll.

The seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 3.4 percent in June, slightly above the 3.3 percent forecast in a Reuters poll.

Household spending fell 2.0 percent on-year in June, sharply underperforming expectations for a 1.7 percent rise from a Reuters poll.

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