Japan July household spending rises 1.1 pct y/y

TOKYO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Japanese household spending rose 1.1 percent in July from a year earlier in price-adjusted real terms, less than the median market forecast for a 1.3 percent rise.

Spending declined 0.4 percent from June in seasonally adjusted terms as households spent an average 285,274 yen ($3,376), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday.