Japan Retail Sales YoY

The Japanese Sales YoY index measures the total sales change of retail goods and retail services on a given month versus the same month the previous year.

Japan Retail Sales YoY

Japanese Retail Sales YoY rose by 2% in May 2017, missing the consensus estimate of 2.6%. Historically, the index reached an all-time high of 36.5% in January 1979 and an all-time low of -14.3% in March 1998.