With a sharp pullback in gasoline prices offsetting increases in other prices, the Labor Department released a report on Wednesday showing consumer prices came in flat in the month of November. The report said the Labor Department's consumer price index was unchanged in November after rising by 0.3 percent in October. more...
Core machine orders in Japan were up 7.6 percent on month in October, the Cabinet Office said on Wednesday - worth 863.2 billion yen. more...