Last month's "Consumer Attitude Index," which shows consumers' willingness to shop, deteriorated by 2.4 points from the previous month due to rising prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The keynote judgment has been revised downward to "weak movements are seen".
The downward revision of the keynote judgment will be for the third consecutive month.
The consumer attitude index is an index that shows consumer sentiment by asking 8400 households nationwide about how they will live for the next six months and whether it will be time to buy automobiles and home appliances.
In a survey conducted last month, the index for households with two or more people was 32.8, down 2.4 points from the previous month, the third consecutive month of deterioration.
The Cabinet Office analyzed that in addition to the continuing soaring prices of resources such as gasoline and raw materials, prices have risen further due to the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and uncertainty about the future has increased. I am.
For this reason, the keynote judgment of consumer sentiment has been revised downward to "weak movements are seen."
The downward revision of the keynote judgment has been made for the third consecutive month, the first time in one year and 11 months since April 2020.
In addition, the percentage of households who answered that the outlook for prices one year later would "rise" was 92.8%, 1.1 points higher than the previous month, and the highest since April 2004 when the same question was started. ..
The Cabinet Office said, "It seems that the recent rise in prices has had a major impact. We need to continue to pay attention to how the rise in raw material prices will affect consumer sentiment."