Consumer Confidence Index (Sep)

Released on: Oct 14, 2009

  • Consumer Confidence Index in September 2009: 40.5 (+9.1 from the previous year)
  • Overall livelihood: 40.8 (+10.2 from the previous year)
  • Income growth: 38.5 (+2.7 from the previous year)
  • Employment: 36.4 (+7.5 from the previous year)
  • Willingness to buy durable goods: 46.1(+15.8 from the previous year)

Source: Cabinet Office

Frequency of release: Monthly

Comment: The figures look too positive. However, I do not sense that the data reflect the actual attitudes of Japanese. They are more pessimistic than these index.  

November 07 2009 08:10 pm | Statistics

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