Japan's core consumer prices were flat in May from a year before, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday.
The result matched the median forecast among 24 economic research institutes polled by Jiji Press.The core consumer price index, which excludes fresh food prices, stood at 100.0 against 100 for the base year of 2010, the ministry said. Compared with April, the index was up 0.2 pct.
