Mumbai, Feb. 6 -- The average of household spending in Japan was down 2.9 percent on month in December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday - coming in at 351,522 yen.
On an annual basis, household spending slipped 2.6 percent - again shy of expectations for a dip of 0.5 percent following the 2.9 percent increase in the previous month.
The average of monthly income per household stood at 1,207,545 yen, roughly unchanged from the previous year.
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