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儘管生活成本上漲,日本零售銷售仍超出預期

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-- 日本政府週四公佈的數據顯示,儘管成本上升和全球緊張局勢為經濟前景蒙上陰影,但在政府支持和消費者需求穩定的推動下,日本3月零售銷售額有所回升。 根據日本經濟產業省統計,3月零售銷售額年增1.7%,達到14.3兆日元,較2月0.1%的降幅有所反彈,並高於先前0.8%的預期增幅。環比來看,3月份銷售額在2月下降2.0%後回升1.3%,顯示消費支出回升。 食品雜貨和餐飲相關支出小幅增長,抵消了能源價格持續波動導致的燃油銷售額大幅下降。整體經濟活動也表現強勁,商業銷售額成長3.2%,批發貿易成長3.7%,顯示各產業的潛在需求仍存在。 然而,消費者情緒正在趨於謹慎。一項政府調查顯示,4月消費者信心再次下滑,多數家庭預計未來一年物價將持續上漲。 「原油價格上漲和供應受限可能會抑制生產,同時推高通膨,」Sompo Institute Plus 經濟學家小池正人表示。 這種壓力在生產方面表現得更為明顯。工業產出季減0.5%,連續第二個月下滑,低於先前預期的成長。此次下滑主要由化學和石油相關產品引起,中東緊張局勢導致的供應中斷和投入成本上升開始顯現影響。聚乙烯和聚丙烯等關鍵材料的產量降幅尤為顯著。 製造商預計4月產量將再次下滑,這意味著疲軟態勢可能持續。

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