Japan April household spending falls 1.7% year/year

FILE PHOTO: A man looks at a shop at the Ameyoko shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
TOKYO : Japanese household spending fell 1.7 per cent in April from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday, versus economists' median estimate of a 0.8 per cent drop.
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