Japan November household spending falls 0.4% y/y

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese household spending fell 0.4% in November from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Friday.

That compared with the median market forecast for a 0.6% decline.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman pays money as she buys fruits outside a vegetable store at Ameyoko shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2016.  REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo

On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, spending increased 0.4%, versus an estimated 0.9% drop.

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

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