Singapore Retail Sales YoY 1986-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Retail sales in Singapore rose by 0.1 percent year-on-year in May 2018, after an upwardly revised 0.6 percent rise in the prior month. Sales growth eased for medical goods & toiletries (6.4 pct vs 9 pct in April); and others (3.7 pct vs 8 pct). In addition, sales fell further for recreational goods (-2.2 pct vs -1.3 pct); computer & telecommunications equipment (-11.3 pct vs -10 pct); and optical goods (-3.2 pct vs -1.4 pct), while slumped for motor vehicles (-8.4 pct vs -0.8 pct). Also, sales continued to drop in supermarkets & hypermarkets (-0.8 pct vs -2.6 pct); and mini-marts & convenience stores (-1.2 pct vs -0.2 pct). On the other hand, sales went up faster for petrol service (8.8 pct vs 8.5 pct); and furniture & household equipment (9.1 pct vs 5.3 pct); while rebounded for wearing apparel & footwear (6.8 pct vs -2.2 pct); and watches & jewelry (0.5 pct vs -0.1 pct). On a monthly basis, retail sales also went up 0.1 percent, following a 0.2 percent fall in April. Retail Sales YoY in Singapore averaged 5.13 percent from 1986 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 50.90 percent in February of 1988 and a record low of -28.40 percent in February of 1986.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-05-11	05:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY	-1.5%	8.6%	-2.2%
2018-06-12	05:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY	0.4%	-1.1%	1.40%
2018-07-12	05:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY	0.1%	0.6%	2.6%
2018-08-10	05:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY		0.1%	1.8%
2018-09-12	05:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY			3.1%
2018-10-12	05:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY			0.9%

Singapore Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Retail Sales MoM	0.10	-0.20	32.60	-31.20	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	0.10	0.60	50.90	-28.40	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	36218.50	37595.30	37595.30	4086.60	SGD Million	[+]
Private Sector Credit	584937.20	584070.20	584937.20	56535.00	SGD Million	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	5.33	5.33	14.98	5.28	percent	[+]
Households Debt To Gdp	58.70	58.10	59.90	21.80	percent of GDP	[+]
Gasoline Prices	1.65	1.68	1.80	0.61	USD/Liter	[+]

Singapore Retail Sales YoY

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