Last month's "Consumer Confidence Index", which shows the willingness of consumers to shop, improved for the first time in four months because there were no restrictions on behavior due to the new corona for the first time in three years.

The "Consumer Confidence Index" asks 8,400 households nationwide about how their lifestyles will change over the next six months, whether it will be time to buy cars and home appliances, and shows consumer sentiment as an index. is.



In a survey conducted last month, the index for households with two or more people was 30.3, up 1.7 points from the previous month and improving for the first time in four months.



The Cabinet Office analyzes that this was the first time in three years that there were no restrictions on movement due to the new coronavirus, and that this was the reason why consumers were more willing to buy.



However, the basic judgment of consumer sentiment remains "weakening".



When asked about the outlook for prices one year from now, 93.6% of the households answered that prices would rise.



The Cabinet Office said, ``The weakening trend of the yen appears to have had a positive effect.