{
  "id": 14252316,
  "title": "Japan's Corporate Goods Prices Rise 6.8% in September",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/japans-corporate-goods-prices-rise-6-8-in-september",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T16:51:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "News On Japan",
    "slug": "news-on-japan",
    "url": "https://newsonjapan.com/article/151039.php"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Japan's corporate goods prices increased by 6.8% in September compared to the previous year, marking a slowdown from the high of over 7% seen in recent months. The Bank of Japan's data, released on October 13, revealed that the index, which tracks prices of goods exchanged between companies, stood at 135.7 in September. Despite the annual rate decelerating, wholesale price pressures persisted across various industrial sectors. Prices of petroleum and coal products surged 11.5% year-over-year due to rising crude oil costs driven by Middle East tensions, while chemical products saw an even sharper rise of 13.3%, reflecting heightened energy and raw material expenses. The demand surge for artificial intelligence also impacted industrial pricing. Nonferrous metals experienced a significant jump of 40.2% year-over-year, underscoring the robustness of demand for materials crucial to AI-driven industries. Conversely, the prices of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products declined by 13.3%, primarily due to falling rice prices, which helped temper the overall increase in the corporate goods price index. While the decline in agricultural prices provided some respite, continuing surges in energy costs and strong demand for industrial materials sustained elevated price pressures in Japan's business-to-business market.",
  "summary": "Japan's domestic corporate goods price index rose 6.8% in September from a year earlier, slowing to below 7% for the first time in four months but remaining at a high level as soaring crude oil prices and growing demand for AI-related materials continued to push up costs, according to data released by the Bank of Japan on October 13. (News On Japan)",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}