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The Consumer Price Index rose 3 percent from a year earlier in a report delayed because of the government shutdown.
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The annual inflation rate as measured by the CPI was expected to be 3.1% in September, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.
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This was higher than the 2.7% seen in August. The core inflation metric in Japan strips out the prices of fresh food but includes energy costs.
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