JAPAN CONSUMER PRICES UNCHANGED IN FEBRUARY
Japan's consumer price index (base 1985)
was unchanged at 99.7 in February from a month earlier, the
government's Management and Coodination Agency said.
    The index showed a 0.4 pct drop in January.
    The February index was down one pct from a year earlier for
the third consecutive year-on-year drop.
    In January, the index fell 1.1 pct from a year earlier, the
first drop of over one pct since a 1.3 pct drop in September
1958.
 Reuter
