TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters) - Japan's business-to-business
services prices rose 1.8% in February from a year earlier,
accelerating the pace of increase for a second straight month in
a sign inflationary pressure was broadening, Bank of Japan (BOJ)
data showed on Monday.
The year-on-year rise in the services producer price index,
which measures the prices companies charge each other for
services, followed a 1.6% increase in January, the data showed.
(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Jamie Freed)
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