European Union Retail Sales MoM

Retail Sales in European Union increased 0.20 percent in August of 2019 over the previous month. Retail Sales Mom in European Union averaged 0.13 percent from 1999 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 2.90 percent in October of 1999 and a record low of -1.80 percent in May of 2011.

Retail Sales Mom in European Union is expected to be 0.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Retail Sales Mom in European Union to stand at -0.70 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the European Union Retail Sales MoM is projected to trend around 0.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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European Union Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Spending	2022368.50	2016199.00	2022368.50	1355851.70	EUR Million	[+]
Personal Savings	10.35	10.10	13.19	9.21	percent	[+]
Retail Sales Mom	0.20	-0.40	2.90	-1.80	percent	[+]
Retail Sales Yoy	2.50	2.50	6.10	-4.00	percent	[+]
Economic Optimism Index	101.40	102.00	116.80	65.20		[+]
Consumer Confidence	-6.40	-7.00	-1.30	-23.30	Index Points	[+]
Consumer Confidence Current Conditions	-8.50	-10.40	-4.80	-65.90		[+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations	-5.00	-6.90	1.40	-39.80		[+]
Consumer Confidence Financial Expectations	0.20	0.50	5.40	-12.60		[+]
Consumer Confidence Major Purchases Expectations	-14.60	-15.00	-9.90	-27.20		[+]
Consumer Confidence Price Trends	18.30	18.00	48.80	-11.50		[+]
Consumer Confidence Savings Expectations	-0.40	-1.50	2.20	-16.60		[+]
Consumer Confidence Unemployment Expectations	3.50	5.20	67.10	0.80		[+]

In the European Union, retail sales show the evolution of the total amount of goods sold. Among goods, food, drinks and tobacco account for the highest share (40.1 percent); followed by electrical goods and furniture (11.5 percent share); computer equipment, books and other (11.4 percent share); textiles, clothing, footwear (9.2 percent share); auto fuel (9 percent share); pharmaceutical and medical goods (8.9 percent share); other non-food products (7.0 percent share) and mail orders and internet (3.0 percent share). Among countries, Germany has the highest weight (19.1 percent), followed by France (15.9 percent); the United Kingdom (14.7 percent) and Italy (11.9 percent). Others include Spain (8.4 percent); Netherlands (3.8 percent); Poland (3.7 percent); Belgium (3.2 percent); Sweden (2.4 percent); Greece (2.2 percent); Austria (2.1 percent); Portugal (1.8 percent); Denmark (1.5 percent); Finland, Ireland and Czech Republic (1.3 percent each); Romania (1.0 percent); Hungary (0.9 percent); Luxembourg and Slovakia (0.6 percent each); Croatia (0.5 percent); Bulgaria and Slovenia (0.4 percent each); Lithuania (0.3 percent); Latvia, Cyprus and Estonia (0.2 percent each) and Malta (0.1 percent). This page provides - European Union Retail Sales MoM - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. European Union Retail Sales MoM - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2019.