TOKYO (Reuters) -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, but the ...

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 ...

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

10, 2022 file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending in February fell a real 0.5 percent from a year earlier, marking the first decline in three months, as consumers ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s households ... central bank. The decline mostly likely reflects the wider adoption of cashless consumption as well as a rise in nominal consumer spending due to inflation ...

TOKYO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Japan's household spending fell 0.5 percent year-on-year in inflation-adjusted real terms in February, marking the first decline in three months, government data showed ...

Spending was lifted by a 1.4% surge in outlays on long-lasting manufactured goods like motor vehicles and parts, recreational goods and vehicles as well as furniture and other durable household ...

Residential property prices in Japan, especially in the Tokyo ... the government approved a JPY 115.5 trillion (US$767 billion) budget for FY 2025, marking a 2.6% growth from the previous year. After ...

This is tipped to have a flow-on impact on the Australian economy as Aussies say unemployment will rise, they will spend less on major ... subindex recorded a sharp decline of 8.5 per cent ...

The expected cuts in household spending in response to that renewed ... by actual or threatened import levies — including Japan, Mexico, China, Brazil, and the European Union — are already ...