Japan’s households continue to cut spending amid persistent inflation

Outlays by households adjusted for inflation dropped 3.3% in June from a year earlier, compared with a 0.9% increase forecast by economists.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending in June fell a real 3.3 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Friday.Households of two or mo

TOKYO, Aug 7 : Japanese household spending dropped unexpectedly in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, for a seventh straight month of decline. • Consumer spending fell 3.3 per cent year-on-year, data from the internal affairs ministry showed, exceeding the median market forecast for a rise of 1

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