A survey by ad agency Hakuhodo Inc. carried out on 1,418 households with children showed Thursday that 48.9 percent of them plan to save their government allowances in the fiscal year they debut, indicating the outlays may do little to boost consumption.
The allowance program is expected to be introduced in fiscal 2010, which starts next April.
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