日家庭開支增加

Recently Excite News reported the following:

総務省が３０日発表した９月の家計調査によると、２人以上の世帯の消費支出は２７万７１１０円だった。物価変動の影響を除いた実質で前年同月比１．０％増加し、２カ月連続のプラスになった。９月の大型連休により、手土産代や孫への小遣いなどで交際費が９．７％増えたほか、外国パック旅行費も２７．４％増えた。新型インフルエンザの流行でマスクなどの消費や診療代も増えた。　

The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications had announced on the 30th that according to the September Family Budget Survey, the consumer spending of a home with two or more people was 277,110 yen. Ignoring the influence of price changes, it increased substantially by 1.0% compared with the same month a year ago, and it became a continuous plus for two months. Because of the Golden Week holiday in September, entertainment expenses which included money spent on buying gifts and the pocket money given to grandchild etc. had increased by 9.7%, also foreign package travel expenses had increased by 27.4%. Because of the new flu epidemic, expenses on diagnosis and treatment, and on purchasing masks etc. had also increased.

From the above it seems that inflation may have returned to Japan.