Consumer price index recovery in the first half of September continues to stall Deterioration of clothing and home appliances is noticeable October 1, 4:44
According to a survey that uses credit card usage information as an index for consumption trends, consumption of clothing and home appliances fell in the first half of last month, so the index worsened from the second half of August and the recovery of consumption is stagnant. I found out.
Nowcast, a data analysis company, and JCB, a major credit card company, publish an index that looks at consumption trends after protecting privacy based on card usage information.
The index from 1st to 15th of last month was -17.3% compared to the latter half of January before the spread of the infection.
The index deteriorated as it was minus 14.2% in the latter half of August, and the recovery of consumption has been stagnant.
The biggest drop was in "service consumption", with
▽ "travel" at minus 40.9% and
▽ "transportation" at minus 36.6%.
However, the rate of decline in the "Travel" index has narrowed compared to the latter half of August, and the company surveyed analyzes that the effect of "Go To Travel", a measure to stimulate tourism demand, is appearing.
On the other hand, the decline in the index was noticeable this time in "retail" of clothing and home appliances, which fell from minus 0.5% in the latter half of August to minus 9%.
The companies surveyed have a system that takes into account the consumption trend of one year ago when calculating the index, so this result is also affected by the last-minute demand ahead of the consumption tax hike in October last year. I am supposed to be.
However, he says, "I want to pay attention to what will happen to the big depression in the future."