By Leika Kihara

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s wholesale prices rose 2.7% in October from a year earlier, slowing from the previous month due in part to falling import costs, central bank data showed on Thursday.

The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services, compared with a median market forecast for a 2.5% increase. It followed a revised 2.8% increase in September.

The yen-based import price index fell 1.5% in October from a year earlier after a revised 1.1% drop in September, the data showed.

The wholesale price data is among factors the Bank of Japan scrutinises as a leading indicator of consumer inflation, which is the central bank’s main gauge in setting monetary policy.

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