Japan November household spending rises 1.7 percent year-on-year

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December 25, 2017

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese household spending rose 1.7 percent in November from a year earlier in price-adjusted real terms, government data showed on Tuesday.

That compared with economists’ median forecast for a 0.5 percent increase.

To view the data on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications:

http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/kakei/index.htm

(Reporting by Sumio Ito; Editing by Minami Funakoshi)

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