Japan consumption rebounds, but rising food costs complicate BOJ's task
While household spending rose 4.8% in May, core consumer inflation was up 0.1%
Tokyo
JAPAN'S household spending rose in May for the first time in more than a year, and a robust jobs market fuelled hopes that companies will begin lifting wages needed to spark inflation towards the central bank's ambitious 2 per cent goal.
The rebound offers some relief to the Bank of Japan, which has worried about the slow pick- up in consumption after last year's sales tax hike pinched household budgets.
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