Japan Retail Sales

Retail Sales in Japan decreased 1.20 percent in March of 2012 over the previous month. Historically, from 2010 until 2012, Japan Retail Sales averaged 0.1100 Percent reaching an all time high of 4.1000 Percent in April of 2011 and a record low of -7.6000 Percent in March of 2011. A Retail sales report provides an aggregated measure of sales of retail goods over a specific time period. Retail sales are both seasonal and volatile and their importance to the overall gross domestic product varies with each country. However, the retail sales data is widely followed by investors because is only a few weeks old. This page includes a chart with historical data for Japan Retail Sales.

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The Retail Sales report is an aggregated measure of the sales of retail goods over a certain period. Usually, the Retail sales report is based on a data sampling that is extrapolated to model an entire country. Generally, the retail sales report not only captures store sales, catalogue sales and other out of store sales but also breaks down sales figures into groups like food and beverages, clothing, and autos. The Retail sales report is one of the timeliest economic reports, providing data that is only a few weeks old. The most popular measure of retail sales is month over month, where the volume of retail sales in certain month is compared to the previous month. However, some countries prefer the year over year measure where the certain month is compared to the same month a year ago thus accounting for seasonality and other oscillations in retail sales data.

JAPAN NEWS

Japan Annual Inflation Rate Down to 0.4% in April
Published: 5/25/2012 12:11:48 PM By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Finance Japan
The consumer price index for Japan in April 2012 was 100.4(2010=100), up 0.1% from the previous month, and up 0.4% over the year.

Japan's Trade Deficit Widens in April
Published: 5/23/2012 1:18:40 PM By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Finance Japan
Japan posted a larger-than-expected trade deficit in April, widening from shortfalls in the previous month and a year earlier as exports of steel and plastic declined on reduced demand from China and imports of fossil fuels increased.

Bank of Japan Keeps Monetary Policy Unchanged
Published: 5/23/2012 12:57:08 PM By: TradingEconomics.com, Bank of Japan
At the Monetary Policy Meeting held on May 23rd, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote, to keep the uncollateralized overnight call rate at around 0 to 0.1 percent.

Japanese GDP Grows 1% in Q1
Published: 5/17/2012 11:20:34 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, Cabinet Office
Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 1.0 percent in January-March from the previous quarter after a revised 0.0 percent result for October-December last year. The recovery was mostly due to solid consumer spending, post-quake rebuilding and rising exports.

Japan Reports Trade Deficit in March
Published: 4/19/2012 11:32:08 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Finance Japan
Japan swung back into a trade deficit in March as a steady rise in energy imports outweighed a rebound in automobile exports after last year's flooding in Thailand.

Bank of Japan Holds off Easing Measures
Published: 4/10/2012 11:08:43 AM By: TradingEconomics.com, Bank of Japan
At the Monetary Policy Meeting held on April 10th, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided to encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0 to 0.1 percent.

Japan Reports Trade Surplus in February
Published: 3/22/2012 11:23:41 AM By: TradingEconomics.com
Japan posted a ¥32.9 billion trade surplus in February after four-straight months in deficit, the Ministry of Finance said on March 22nd, boding well for an economy that needs a boost from international trade to solidify its still-fragile recovery.

Bank of Japan Adds New Loan Program
Published: 3/13/2012 6:53:42 PM By: TradingEconomics.com, Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan left on March 13th its key monetary policy unchanged to check the effects of last month's easing steps, but decided to expand a loan program to ¥5.5trn for potentially high-growth sectors in a bid to stimulate the economy.

Japan Annual Inflation Rate Up 0.1% in January
Published: 3/2/2012 12:14:45 PM By: TradingEconomics.com, Statistics Japan
The consumer price index for Japan in January 2012 was 99.6(2010=100), up 0.2% from the previous month, and up 0.1% over the year.

Japan Unemployment Rate up to 4.6% in January
Published: 3/2/2012 12:10:30 PM By: TradingEconomics.com, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.6 percent in January from a downwardly revised 4.5 percent in December, with the data pointing to already employed people seeking higher-paid positions.

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