The reading right now

As of January 2022, Real consumer spending for Japan stood at 2.61%. That is up 1.4 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 0.12%, ranging from a low of -4.16% in January 2020 to a high of 2.61% in January 2022. The current reading sits 2.4 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 0.22%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.