Japan's wholesale prices mark first fall in five months as pandemic hits global demand
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale prices marked the first annual decline in five months in March, suggesting that slumping global demand for oil and raw material due to the coronavirus pandemic will weigh on inflation in coming months.The corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services, fell 0.4% in March from a year earlier, Bank of Japan (BOJ) data showed on Friday.The drop was bigger than a median market forecast for a..