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  "id": 2259617,
  "title": "Japan headline inflation rate hits highest this year as energy prices bite",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-headline-inflation-rate-hits-highest-this-year-as-energy-prices-2259617",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T00:22:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
    "slug": "cnbc",
    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/japan-inflation-iran-war-energy.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Core inflation — which strips out prices of fresh food but includes energy — was in line with expectations, coming in at 1.8%.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Japan headline inflation rate hits highest this year as energy prices bite",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-headline-inflation-rate-hits-highest-this-year-as-energy-prices",
        "published": "2026-08-21T00:22:20.000Z"
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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."
}