TOKYO: Real wages in Japan adjusted for inflation fell for a seventh month in July, adding to worries whether consumer spending can be sustained while the economy wrestles with slower global growth.
Real wages slumped 0.9% in July from a year earlier, labour ministry data showed on Friday, after a 0.5% annual decline in June.
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