４月消費支出、１．７％減　自動車落ち込み響く―家計調査

　総務省が７日発表した４月の家計調査によると、１世帯（２人以上）当たりの消費支出は３０万４５１０円と、物価変動の影響を除いた実質で前年同月比１．７％減少し、２カ月連続でマイナスとなった。部品不足による供給制約で自動車購入が落ち込んだことが響いた。
　品目別では、自動車を含む「交通・通信」が８．１％減となった。「食料」は、タマネギやキャベツなどの野菜や海藻が低調で２．１％減。「住居」は１０．６％減だった。
　一方、「教養娯楽」は５．４％増。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大が落ち着き、３年ぶりに行動制限のない大型連休となり、国内パック旅行費や宿泊料が膨らんだ。「被服および履物」は８．７％増加。夏物衣料の販売が好調だった。電気代などがかさんで、「光熱・水道」は２．５％増となった。（2022/06/07-11:39）

Household spending in Japan in April fell 1.7 pct from a year before in price-adjusted real terms, partly because parts shortages restricted the supply of automobiles and pushed down auto purchases, government data showed Tuesday.
   Consumption spending by households with two or more members averaged 304,510 yen, down for two straight months, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.
   Spending on transportation and communications, including expenditures on cars, dropped 8.1 pct, and spending on food sagged 2.1 pct, reflecting sluggish purchases of vegetables and seaweeds.
   By contrast, spending on cultural and leisure activities grew 5.4 pct, as people spent more on domestic package tours and accommodations for the country's Golden Week holiday period between late April and early May, during which no COVID-19 movement restrictions were in place for the first time in three years.
   Spending on clothing and footwear went up 8.7 pct, buoyed by brisk purchases of summer clothing items. Expenditures on electricity and water charges increased 2.5 pct.