AI Data Insight

In April 2026, the average monthly goods spending per household in Japan reached 179,210 yen, edging up from the previous month and posting a 2.14% year-over-year growth, outperforming the overall trend of shrinking consumption. Benefiting from the hoarding of daily necessities triggered by the Middle East situation and adjustments to the automobile tax system, goods spending demonstrated significant resilience. Whether real wages can steadily turn positive in the future will be the key to supporting domestic demand momentum and the normalization of monetary policy.

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