７月消費支出、３．６％減　８カ月連続、電気や食料マイナス―総務省

東京・新宿の飲食店の入り口から外の様子をうかがう店員、８月１１日総務省が４日発表した７月の家計調査によると、１世帯当たりの消費支出は３０万１２４５円で、物価変動の影響を除いた実質で前年同月比３．６％減少した。 Spending by households in Japan declined 3.6percentagein July from a year before in inflation-adjusted real terms as they spent less on electricity and gas as well as food, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.