South Africa Retail Sales YoY 2003-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

South Africa's retail sales rose by 1.8 percent year-on-year in July 2017, following an upwardly revised 3.2 percent gain in the previous month and missing market expectations of 2.8 percent. Sales rose at a softer pace at food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (7.1 percent from 7.3 percent) and textiles,clothing,footwear and leather goods (1.2 percent from 4.5 percent); and fell at general dealers (-3.2 percent from 1.6 percent). On a monthly basis, retail trade shrank 0.6 percent. Retail Sales YoY in South Africa averaged 4.56 percent from 2003 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 15.50 percent in September of 2006 and a record low of -6.40 percent in April of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2017-07-19	11:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY	1.7%	2%	-0.3%	-0.2%
2017-08-16	11:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY	2.9%	1.6%	2.2%	1.8%
2017-09-13	11:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY	1.8%	3.2%	2.8%	2.4%
2017-10-18	11:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY		1.8%		1.49%
2017-11-15	11:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY				1.50%
2017-12-13	11:00 AM	Retail Sales YoY				1.49%

South Africa Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	-9.00	-5.00	23.00	-33.00		[+]
Retail Sales MoM	-0.60	0.60	4.40	-5.10	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	1.80	3.20	15.50	-6.40	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	1884552.00	1865094.00	1884552.00	260612.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	2723157.00	2674938.00	2723157.00	3393.00	ZAR Million	[+]
Personal Savings	0.20	-0.30	23.80	-2.70	percent	[+]
Private Sector Credit	5.71	6.16	35.88	-2.35	percent	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	10.25	10.25	25.50	5.50	percent	[+]
Gasoline Prices	1.00	0.97	1.44	0.43	USD/Liter	[+]
Households Debt To Gdp	34.50	34.50	43.90	34.50	percent of GDP	[+]
Households Debt To Income	74.40	78.00	86.40	40.30	percent	[+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations	-22.20	-1.00	37.00	-38.00		[+]
Consumer Confidence Financial Expectations	6.40	3.00	30.40	-22.00		[+]
Consumer Confidence Major Purchases Expectations	-11.80	-17.00	13.10	-42.00		[+]

South Africa Retail Sales YoY Notes

In South Africa, 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 - South Africa Retail Sales YoY - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. South Africa Retail Sales YoY - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2017.