tokyo march 10 reuters  japans wholesale prices jumped 93 in february from a year earlier the fastest pace of rise on record a sign inflationary pressures were building up even before the ukraine crisis triggered a surge in fuel and commodity costs the rise in the corporate goods price index cgpi which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services bank of japan boj data showed on thursday was much bigger than a median market forecast for an 87 increase it also accelerated from a revised 89 gain in january indicating that rising raw material costs continued to squeeze corporate margins and may hurt consumption in coming months the february index at 1107 was the highest level marked since may 1985 a boj official told a briefing the war in ukraine has led to a further spike in fuel and commodity prices which will likely push consumer inflation closer to the bojs 2 target in coming months but also weigh on the fragile economic recovery