Japanese consumer prices, including fresh food, are expected to rise 2.6 percent in the current fiscal year through March from a year earlier, mainly due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the impact of the yen's depreciation, the Cabinet Office said Monday.It also revised Japan's real gross domestic product growth downward to 2.0 percent from the previous estimate of 3.2 percent released in January.The forecast of Japan's consumer price index for this fiscal year was raised from the previous outlook of a 0.9 percent increase and represents a surge from 0.1 percent growth the previous year…READ FULL ARTICLE
