东京，10月30日：周五公布的数据显示，日本首都10月年度核心通胀率远超央行2%的目标，凸显物价压力不断上升，并为进一步加息提供了更充分的理由。
TOKYO, Oct 30 : Annual core inflation in Japan's capital well exceeded the central bank's 2 per cent target in October, data showed on Friday, highlighting mounting price pressure and cementing the case for further interest rate hikes.
数据公布之际，日本央行将于周五晚些时候宣布政策决定。外界预计央行将维持政策不变，但很可能强调其继续加息的决心，以防止通胀超标。
The data came ahead of the Bank of Japan's policy announcement later on Friday. While the central bank is expected to keep policy steady, it is likely to stress its resolve to continue raising interest rates to prevent an inflation overshoot.
政府数据显示，东京10月核心消费者物价指数同比上涨2.6%，与市场预测中值一致。该指数包含燃料价格，但不含生鲜食品价格。9月涨幅为2.7%。
The core consumer price index, which includes prices of fuel but not fresh food, in Tokyo rose 2.6 per cent in October from the same month a year earlier, government data showed, matching a median market forecast. It followed a 2.7 per cent rise in September.
剔除波动较大的生鲜食品和燃料价格影响的指数10月上涨2.6%，9月涨幅为2.9%。日本央行密切关注该指数，将其视为衡量趋势通胀的更准确指标。
An index stripping away the effect of volatile fresh food and fuel prices, which is closely watched by the BOJ as a more accurate gauge of trend inflation, rose 2.6 per cent in October after a 2.9 per cent gain in September.
东京的数据被视为全国物价走势的领先指标，印证了央行的观点，即生产者价格的稳步上涨将带动消费者通胀更广泛、更快速地上升。
The readings for Tokyo, seen as leading indicators of nationwide price trends, underscore the central bank's view that steady rises in producer prices will lead to broad-based, faster increases in consumer inflation.
日本央行上月将政策利率上调至31年来的最高水平，行长暗示央行已进入一个以防止基础通胀超出目标为重点的阶段，这增加了进一步加息的可能性。
The BOJ raised its policy rate to a 31-year high last month, with its governor signalling the bank has entered a phase focused on preventing underlying inflation from overshooting its target, raising the prospect of further rate hikes.