东京，9月28日：数据显示，周一公布的日本服务业通胀关键指标在8月以两年多来最快的年率上升，凸显出不断累积的价格压力，这将使央行继续加息。
TOKYO, Sept 28 : A key gauge of Japan's service-sector inflation rose in August at the fastest annual pace in more than two years, data showed on Monday, highlighting mounting price pressures that will keep the central bank on track for further interest rate hikes.
日本央行数据显示，服务生产者价格指数（追踪企业间服务交易价格）8月同比上涨3.7%，继7月上涨3.6%之后。
The services producer price index, which tracks the prices that companies charge each other for services, rose 3.7 per cent in August from a year earlier after a 3.6 per cent gain in July, data from the Bank of Japan showed.
数据显示，8月的涨幅为自2024年6月以来最快的同比增速，反映了运费、广告费和租赁费上涨，显示通胀压力正在扩大。
The increase in August, which was the fastest year-on-year pace since June 2024, reflected rising freight, advertising and rental lease fees, in a sign of broadening inflationary pressure, the data showed.
日本央行密切关注该数据，以判断企业将不断上升的劳动力成本转嫁至服务相关价格的程度。
The data is closely watched by the BOJ for clues on the extent to which companies are passing on rising labour costs to service-related prices.
日本央行本月将利率上调至1.25%的31年高位，其行长暗示央行准备进一步推高借贷成本，以防止通胀超过目标。
The BOJ raised interest rates to a 31-year high of 1.25 per cent this month and its governor signalled the bank's readiness to push up borrowing costs further to prevent inflation from overshooting its target.