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Summary of the Latest Month on Family Income and Expenditure Survey
Release date of monthly result has been delayed for a week to the beginning of the second month after the survey from the result of January 2018. => Release Schedule
October 2018
Released on 7 December 2018
Release of "discontinuity-adjusted figures"
Summary of Survey Results
(1) Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for October 2018 was 290,396 yen, up 2.7% in nominal terms and up 1.0% in real terms from the previous year.
"Discontinuity-adjusted figures" was up 1.4% in nominal terms but down 0.3% in real terms from the previous year.
(2) Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households
The average of monthly income per household stood at 515,729 yen, up 2.9% in nominal terms and up 1.2% in real terms from the previous year.
"Discontinuity-adjusted figures" was down 1.3% in nominal terms and down 2.9% in real terms from the previous year.
Note:Since the release of April 2018 result, "Change over the year in %" and "Contribution" from Jan. 2018 have been replaced by "discontinuity-adjusted figures", which are calculated to remove gaps influenced by the revision of account books. Please note that the calculation provide tentative result for 2018, which may be retroactively recalculated.
Statistical Tables
Table 1 Major Figures on Family Budget (Excel:70KB)
Table 2 Average of Monthly Receipts and Disbursements per Household (Excel:100KB)
Note:Since the release of April 2018 result, "Change over the year in %" and "Contribution" from Jan. 2018 have been replaced by "discontinuity-adjusted figures", which are calculated to remove gaps influenced by the revision of account books. Please note that the calculation provide tentative result for 2018, which may be retroactively recalculated.
Seasonally Adjusted Series of Key Items(Excel:204KB)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Seasonally Adjusted Series of Key Items(Excel:130KB)
(Workers' Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:508KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:515KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members)
(Workers' Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:527KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members and age group of household head)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Statistical Tables (Not including agricultural, forestry and fisheries households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:440KB)
(adjusted in the level of 4-person households)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:443KB)
(adjusted in the level of 4-person households)
(Workers' Households)
