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source: Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
url: https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/en/stat/shouhi/shouhi-e.html
document_type: html
date_retrieved: 2026-04-09
period: March 2026
parent_publication: Consumer Confidence Survey
indicators_covered: [Consumer Confidence Index, Overall livelihood, Income growth, Employment, Willingness to buy durable goods, Price expectations]
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# Consumer Confidence Survey, March 2026

The Consumer Confidence Index (seasonally adjusted series) in March 2026 was **33.3**, down 6.4 points from the previous month.

## Consumer Perception Indices

The categories of the Consumer Perception Indices (seasonally adjusted series) for March 2026 are:

- **Overall livelihood**: 29.7 (down 9.8 from the previous month)
- **Income growth**: 39.8 (down 2.5 from the previous month)
- **Employment**: 37.6 (down 5.7 from the previous month)
- **Willingness to buy durable goods**: 26.0 (down 7.7 from the previous month)

## Price Expectations (Next 12 Months)

The percentage of households who expect prices to **"Go up"** in March was **93.1%**, an increase of 7.5 percentage points from the previous month.

The percentage who expect to **"Stay the same about 0%"** was **2.7%**, a decrease of 3.4 percentage points from the previous month.

The percentage who expect to **"Go down"** was **2.5%**, a decrease of 3.6 percentage points from the previous month.

## Methodology Notes

- Survey conducted on March 15, 2026
- Covered 8,400 households (5,376 multi-person households, 3,024 one-person households)
- Response rate: 76.3% (multi-person: 77.2%, one-person: 74.8%)
- Survey method changed to "method using mail and online together" from October 2018