The "Consumer Attitude Index" in June, which shows consumers' willingness to shop, fell 2.0 points from May due to the continuous price increases of familiar items such as groceries and daily necessities.
The consumer attitude index is an index that shows consumer sentiment by asking 8400 households nationwide about how they will live in the next six months and when it is time to buy automobiles and home appliances.
In a survey conducted in June, the index for households with two or more people was 32.1, down 2.0 points from May, the worst in three months.
In the Cabinet Office, the number of newly infected people of the new corona nationwide is declining, and while the movement toward normalization of economic activities continues, the prices of daily necessities such as food and daily necessities, and utility costs continue to rise. I analyze that it had an effect.
However, the keynote judgment of consumer sentiment was left unchanged as "there is a movement that has stopped declining."
On the other hand, the percentage of households who answered that the outlook for prices in one year will "rise" was 94.2%, 0.2 points lower than last month, but it is the second highest level after last month, which reached a record high.
The Cabinet Office said, "Rising prices continue to be a major factor pushing down the index. We would like to pay attention to how it will affect consumer sentiment as economic activity normalizes." is.