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
Sep 2019
9.1%
-0.1%
Aug 2019
2.0%
-0.2%
Jul 2019
-2.0%
0.3%
Jun 2019
0.5%
0.8%
May 2019
1.2%
0.6%
Apr 2019
0.5%
0.7%
Mar 2019
1.0%
0.8%
Feb 2019
0.4%
1.3%
Jan 2019
0.6%
2.0%
Dec 2018
1.3%
1.3%
Nov 2018
1.4%
1.6%
Oct 2018
3.5%
0.7%
Sep 2018
2.1%
-0.2%
Aug 2018
2.7%
-0.3%
Jul 2018
1.5%
-0.3%
Jun 2018
1.8%
-0.4%
May 2018
0.6%
0.4%
Apr 2018
1.6%
0.5%
Mar 2018
1.0%
0.5%
Feb 2018
1.6%
0.5%

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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