Japan January household spending rises 0.8% year/year

March 10, 2025 7:40 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers check foods at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese household spending rose 0.8% in January from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Tuesday, worse than the median market forecast for a 3.6% rise.

On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, spending fell 4.5%, versus an estimated 1.9% decline.

To view the data on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, click here: http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/index.html

(Reporting by Kentaro Sugiyama; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)



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