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  "id": 830533,
  "title": "Inflation seen easing further to 15.51% in July",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/inflation-seen-easing-further-to-15-51-in-july",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T02:20:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/business-economy/article/inflation-seen-easing-further-to-15-51-in-july/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nigeria's headline inflation is projected to ease to 15.51 percent in July, according to BusinessDay Nigeria's economists. This represents a drop from the 15.91 percent recorded previously.\n\nMeanwhile, in Japan, core consumer inflation is expected to have accelerated in July. A Reuters poll of economists showed that the nationwide core consumer price index was expected to rise 1.8 percent in July from a year earlier. This is an increase from 1.6 percent in June.\n\nJapan's annual wholesale inflation remained elevated at 7.2 percent year-on-year in July. The internal affairs ministry will announce CPI data on August 21.",
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      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "BusinessDay forecast sees inflation easing to 15.51% in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/businessday-forecast-sees-inflation-easing-to-15-51-in-july",
        "published": "2026-08-14T02:00:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Japan's July core inflation seen at 1.8% on higher energy costs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/japans-july-core-inflation-seen-at-1-8-on-higher-energy-costs-834798",
        "published": "2026-08-14T02:56:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Japan’s July core inflation seen at 1.8% on higher energy costs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/japans-july-core-inflation-seen-at-1-8-on-higher-energy-costs",
        "published": "2026-08-14T03:00:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "France inflation accelerates to 2.1% in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/france-inflation-accelerates-to-2-1-in-july",
        "published": "2026-08-14T07:15:06.000Z"
      }
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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."
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