TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese household spending fell 5.6 percent in September from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, in a sign that consumer spending remains weak.
The decrease was more than the median estimate of a 4.3 percent decline and followed a 4.7 percent annual drop in August.
Spending grew 1.5 percent in September from the previous month, less than the median estimate of a 1.9 percent increase. That followed a 0.3 percent decline in August.
(Reporting by Stanley White; Editing by Chris Gallagher)