The drop, ahead of sweeping tariffs announced by the U.S., was led by falling outlays on clothes and footwear, housing and ...

Japanese household spending fell for the first time in three months in February, government data showed on Friday, highlighting consumer wariness in the face of high prices and signalling a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending fell for the first time in three months in February, government data showed on ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending in February fell a real ... By category, expenditures on food dropped 4.5 percent, falling for the fifth consecutive month, as people spent ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese households' inflation expectations ... He has said heightened household and corporate inflation expectations are key pre-requisites for further rate hikes.

Japan’s households cut back on spending as inflation remained elevated, in a sign of vulnerability in a key pocket of the economy before sweeping US tariffs hit the country. Household outlays ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending fell for the first time in ... better than the median market forecast for a 1.7% drop but reversing most of January's 0.8% increase.