Published Nov 2, 2026, 2:29 AM ET · Updated 12 days ago · 1 source

BOJ Signals Low Hopes for Consumer Spending as Population Falls

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BOJ Signals Low Hopes for Consumer Spending as Population Falls

The Bank of Japan signaled that the shrinking of Japan’s population means that it’s increasingly difficult to achieve robust growth in overall consumer spending, suggesting that weak aggregate consumption by itself might not point to deteriorating household demand.