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MNI DATA IMPACT: Japan June Retail Sales Up 0.5% Y/Y
TOKYO (MNI) - Slower sales of general merchandise, motor vehicles and fuel
put a dampener on Japanese retail sales in June on a year-on-year basis, data
from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) showed Monday.
Here are the key points from the latest retail sales data:
--Retail sales rose 0.5% year-on-year in June, slower than the 1.3% y/y
growth in May but higher than the 0.1% y/y growth projected by MNI.
--General merchandise sales dipped 2.6% y/y in June from the previous 2.2%
y/y fall. Sales for machinery and equipment also slowed to 5.6% y/y from 5.9%
y/y reported in May.
--Fuel sales dropped 3.9% y/y, sharply lower than the 0.3% gain recorded in
May. Sales for medicine and from toiletry stores shrank to 2.0 y/y from May's
4.7% y/y.
--Sales of food and beverages rose 1.5% y/y, following last month's 1.3%
y/y increase. Sales for fabric apparels and accessories increased 4.2% y/y,
higher than 4.0% y/y in May.
--On a monthly basis retail sales were unchanged on a monthly basis in
June, after rising 0.4% in May.
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
--MNI Sydney Bureau; +61 405322399; email: lachlan.colquhoun.ext@marketnews.com
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