TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices
in February rose 3.1% from a year earlier, slowing its annual
pace of increase sharply from the previous month's 41-year high,
government data showed on Friday.
The increase in the core consumer price index (CPI), which
excludes volatile fresh food but includes energy costs, matched
a median market forecast and followed a 4.2% rise in January.
(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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