Japan Economy Dashboard

While exports and production are both showing growth, contrasting movements are observed across sectors, such as household consumption expenditure declining even as real wages increase.

• Export value was 10.0 trillion yen, up +19.3% year-on-year, remaining positive for the 12th consecutive month.
• The index of industrial production (seasonally adjusted) was 101.9, up +2.7% year-on-year, remaining positive for the 8th consecutive month.
• The real wage index (total cash earnings) was 83.8, up +1.6% year-on-year, remaining positive for the 8th consecutive month.
• Household consumption expenditure (two-or-more-person households) was 310,975, down -0.96% year-on-year, remaining negative for the 3rd consecutive month.