Japan Retail Sales YoY 1971-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Retail sales in Japan rose by 1.6 percent year-on-year in February of 2018, after a downwardly revised 1.5 percent gain in the previous month while markets expected a 1.7 percent rise. Sales increased at a faster pace for food & beverages (2.3 percent vs 1.7 percent in January) and fuel (12.7 percent vs 11.3 percent), while rebounded for fabrics, apparel & accessories (0.3 percent vs -0.4 percent). Meantime, sales grew less for: machinery & equipment (4.6 percent vs 5.5 percent) and medicine & toiletry stores (2.3 percent vs 3.5 percent). On the other hand, sales fell for: general merchandise (-0.5 percent vs -0.8 percent); motor vehicles (-2.1 percent from -0.6 percent) and others (-2.5 percent vs -1.2 percent). On a monthly basis, retail sales increased by 0.4 percent, reversing from a downwardly revised 1.6 percent drop in the prior month. Retail Sales YoY in Japan averaged 4.62 percent from 1971 until 2018, 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.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-01-29	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY	3.6%	2.1%	2.1%	1.6%
2018-02-27	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY	1.6%	3.6%	2.1%	2.5%
2018-03-28	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY	1.6%	1.5%	1.7%	1.8%
2018-04-26	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY		1.6%	1.7%	1.7%
2018-05-29	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY				1.68%
2018-06-28	11:50 PM	Retail Sales YoY				1.52%

Japan Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	44.30	44.30	50.80	27.50	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales MoM	0.40	-1.60	8.29	-13.70	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	1.60	1.50	36.50	-14.30	percent	[+]
Household Spending	-0.90	2.00	7.20	-10.60	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	300525.40	298979.30	305791.80	150439.60	JPY Billion	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	420.06	360.36	1079.95	35.36	JPY Thousand	[+]
Personal Savings	50.10	11.90	50.10	-9.90	percent	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	1.00	1.00	9.90	0.90	percent	[+]
Households Debt To Gdp	57.10	57.20	72.20	20.30	percent of GDP	[+]
Gasoline Prices	1.35	1.35	2.00	0.91	USD/Liter	[+]
Consumer Credit	337012.00	332149.00	415556.00	221292.00	JPY Billion	[+]

Japan Retail Sales YoY

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 YoY - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2018.