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Purchases with credit cards fall in Oct. for 1st time.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 17-DEC-01
Format: Online - approximately 116 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, Dec. 10 Kyodo

Commercial transactions made with credit cards dipped 1.1% in October from a year earlier, marking the first contraction since the government started compiling statistics in October 1993, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said Monday.

METI said credit card purchases abroad plunged 16.6%...

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