Hong Kong Retail Sales YoY 2005-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Retail trade in Hong Kong rose 5.9 percent year-on-year in July of 2018, following a 9.8 percent increase in June. It is the lowest gain in retail trade since January, as sales went up at a softer pace for clothing & footwear (0.1 percent from 1.1 percent in June); motor vehicles & parts (4.7 percent from 8.6 percent); jewelry, watches & clocks (14.8 percent from 26.6 percent) and other consumer goods (8 percent from 13.4 percent); and fell for food & alcoholic beverages & tobacco (-0.6 percent from 4.6 percent). Additionally, sales at department stores slowed (8.2 percent from 13.5 percent) and dropped further in supermarkets (-2.9 percent from -2.3 percent). On the other hand, sales picked up for fuels (2.3 percent from 1.4 percent). Considering the first seven months of 2018, retail sales rose 11 percent year-on-year. Retail Sales YoY in Hong Kong averaged 5.68 percent from 2005 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 30.60 percent in February of 2010 and a record low of -18.50 percent in February of 2016.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-07-03	08:30 AM	Retail Sales YoY	11.6%	11%	10.1%
2018-08-01	08:30 AM	Retail Sales YoY	9.8%	11.5%	12.3%
2018-08-30	08:30 AM	Retail Sales YoY	5.9%	9.8%	9.5%
2018-10-02	08:30 AM	Retail Sales YoY		5.9%	9%
2018-11-01	08:30 AM	Retail Sales YoY			8.7%
2018-11-30	08:30 AM	Retail Sales YoY			7.6%

Hong Kong Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	107.00	108.00	118.00	70.00	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	5.90	9.80	30.60	-18.50	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	462412.00	451391.00	464128.00	39533.00	HKD Million	[+]
Personal Savings	0.01	0.01	13.21	0.00	percent	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	5.00	5.00	19.61	5.00	percent	[+]
Retail Sales Mom	3.90	-6.90	29.40	-27.30	percent	[+]
Households Debt To Gdp	70.60	69.30	70.60	34.50	percent of GDP	[+]

Hong Kong Retail Sales YoY

In Hong Kong, 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 - Hong Kong Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Hong Kong Retail Sales YoY - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.