Japan Retail Sales y/y

Country: Japan, JPY
Importance:
Low
Sector: Consumer
Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Last release
Actual
5.3%
Forecast
1.6%
Previous
2.8%
Next release
Actual
Coming in 6 days
Forecast
2.4%
Previous
5.3%
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
May 2021
8.2%
4.6%
Apr 2021
12.0%
0.1%
Mar 2021
5.2%
-1.3%
Feb 2021
-1.5%
3.6%
Jan 2021
-2.4%
3.2%
Dec 2020
-0.3%
7.1%
Nov 2020
0.7%
12.7%
Oct 2020
6.4%
-10.5%
Sep 2020
-8.7%
-7.7%
Aug 2020
-1.9%
-8.5%
Jul 2020
-2.8%
2.4%
Jun 2020
-1.2%
-8.0%
May 2020
-12.3%
-6.1%
Apr 2020
-13.7%
-0.9%
Mar 2020
-4.6%
-0.7%
Feb 2020
1.7%
-2.1%
Jan 2020
-0.4%
-0.4%
Dec 2019
-2.6%
0.7%
Nov 2019
-2.1%
1.1%
Oct 2019
-7.1%
2.7%

Retail Sales y/y show the total volume of retail sales of goods and services in the past month compared to the same month of the previous year.

The index allows evaluating consumer spending which is an important indicator of the national inflation.

The indicator growth can have a positive effect on yen quotes.

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