Japan Retail Sales

Japan's retail trade increased 1.2 percent from a year earlier in May 2019, following a downwardly revised 0.4 percent climb in the previous month and matching market expectations. It was the fastest growth pace in five months. The increase was mainly explained by a 2.0 percent rebound for motor vehicle sales, after falling 1.7 percent in the previous month. Also, sales of fabrics apparel & accessories rebounded 4.1 percent after a 0.5 percent drop. In addition, machinery & equipment sales grew 5.6 percent after expanding 2.1 percent. In contrast, general merchandise sales shrank 2.0 percent (versus -3.4 percent). On a monthly basis, retail sales rose 0.3 percent after remaining unchanged in April. Retail Sales YoY in Japan averaged 4.54 percent from 1971 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 36.50 percent in January of 1979 and a record low of -14.30 percent in March of 1998.

Retail Sales YoY in Japan is expected to be 2.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Retail Sales YoY in Japan to stand at 1.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Japan Retail Sales is projected to trend around 0.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-03-28	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY	0.4%	0.6%	1.2%	0.4%
2019-04-25	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY	1%	0.6%	0.8%	1.1%
2019-05-30	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY	0.5%	1%	0.8%	1.4%
2019-06-26	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY	1.2%	0.4%	1.2%	0.9%
2019-07-28	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY		1.2%		2.1%
2019-08-29	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY
2019-09-29	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY

Japan Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	39.40	40.40	50.80	27.50	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales MoM	0.30	0.00	8.30	-13.70	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	1.20	0.40	36.50	-14.30	percent	[+]
Household Spending	1.30	2.10	7.20	-10.60	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	300365.70	300535.20	306023.80	150439.60	JPY Billion	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	430.70	392.51	1079.95	35.36	JPY Thousand	[+]
Personal Savings	21.50	15.50	54.30	-9.90	percent	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	1.00	1.00	9.90	0.90	percent	[+]
Households Debt To GDP	58.10	57.70	72.20	20.30	percent of GDP	[+]
Gasoline Prices	1.39	1.33	2.00	0.91	USD/Liter	[+]
Consumer Credit	332103.00	332783.00	518217.00	279358.00	JPY Billion	[+]

Japan Retail Sales

In Japan, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Retail Sales - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.