According to the report from Cabinet Office, the Consumer Confidence Index (seasonally adjusted series) in April 2019 was 40.4, down 0.1 points from the previous month.

The categories of the Consumer Perception Indices (seasonally adjusted series), which are comprised of the Consumer Confidence Index in April are as follows;

• Overall livelihood: 38.0 (up 0.3 from the previous month)

• Income growth: 40.5 (down 0.1 from the previous month)

• Employment:44.4 (up 0.7 from the previous month)

• Willingness to buy durable goods:38.8 (down 1.1 from the previous month)

Price expectations a year ahead:

• The percentage of a group who expect "Go up" in April was 87.7%, an increase of 1.3% points from the previous month.

• The percentage of a group who expect "stay the same about 0%" in April was 7.2%, a decrease of 0.8% points from the previous month.

• The percentage of a group who expect "Go down" in April was 3.4%, a decrease of 0.3% points from the previous month.