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Japan's Corporate Goods Price Index (PPI) for September 2026 fell to 135.7, declining for the second consecutive month from 136.1 in the previous month, and the annual growth rate of 6.8% was lower than the market consensus of 7.6%. A breakdown shows agricultural products and energy prices were the biggest drags, but industrial costs remain sticky, indicating a structural slowdown in overall price pressures, though expectations of a central bank rate hike by the end of the year have not fully faded.