Japan August consumer inflation cools to two-year low in blow to BOJ
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation slowed to a new two-year low in August due to lower oil costs and feeble economic growth, data showed on Friday, adding to the central bank's growing challenges in achieving its elusive 2% price target.The data will keep the Bank of Japan, which left monetary policy steady on Thursday, under pressure to ramp up an already massive stimulus programme to fend off risks that could delay it from achieving its price goal.The nationwide core consumer..