Japan Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index +0.3%

Japan Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index +0.3%

An index measuring the prices of domestic corporate goods was up 0.3 percent on month in September, the Bank of Japan said on Friday, standing at 100.5.

That beat forecasts for an increase of 0.2 percent, which matched the August reading following a downward revision.

On a yearly basis, the index shed 1.4 percent - matching forecasts following the downwardly revised 1.9 percent contraction in the previous month.

Export prices were up 0.2 percent on month and down 2.5 percent on year, while import prices were up 2.0 percent on month and down 1.6 percent on year.