Japanese consumer confidence improves for 6 consecutive months

Tokyo, July 13 (Xinhua) Japan's Cabinet Office 13th released the "Consumer Trends Survey" results showed that June Japanese consumer confidence index of 37.6, higher than May 1.9 points, continued to recover for 6 consecutive months, and reached the highest point since December 2007. The initial results of the Government's green appliance integration measures to stimulate the economy have been the main reason for the Japanese consumer confidence index to continue to rebound in June. However, the improvement in June was limited by 3.3 points, compared to the May increase.　　To June, the Cabinet Office maintained a third consecutive month of the consumer's psychological status "although still grim, but continued to show signs of improvement."　　The survey also showed that in response to price changes after a year, the proportion of people who responded to rising prices was 42.1%, up from 40.1% in May, the first increase in the number of people expected to rise in prices since July last year. "Consumer Trends Survey" is the cabinet house to the Japanese nation about 5,000 families as the object, to determine their national consumption mentality, they will be given a comprehensive estimate of their expectations for the next six months in terms of "family circumstances", "means of income", "Employment environment" and "time to buy durable goods" 4. The index is below 50 per cent, indicating that more pessimistic consumers than optimistic expectations. In this survey, the above 4 indicators all rebounded.