Retail sales down in February

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Volume index of retail sales decreased by 0.6 percent from January to February 2018, according to seasonally-adjusted figures. This follows a decrease of 0.3 percent from December 2017 to January 2018.

The long-term trend in retail sales has shown a relatively flat trend since the spring of 2017.

Figure 1. Retail sales volume index, seasonally adjusted and trend. 2015=100

Retail trade, except sales of motor vehicles seasonally adjusted Retail trade, except sales of motor vehicles trend
Jan. 2012 96.4 96.2
Feb. 2012 96.4 96.5
Mar. 2012 97 96.8
Apr. 2012 96.5 97
May 2012 98.5 97.1
June 2012 96.7 97.2
July 2012 97.2 97.3
Aug. 2012 97.1 97.3
Sep. 2012 97.7 97.3
Oct. 2012 97 97.4
Nov. 2012 97.2 97.6
Dec. 2012 97.7 97.8
Jan. 2013 99.5 98.1
Feb. 2013 98.9 98.4
Mar. 2013 98.5 98.5
Apr. 2013 97.3 98.6
May 2013 100.2 98.6
June 2013 99.1 98.7
July 2013 98.4 98.7
Aug. 2013 98.6 98.6
Sep. 2013 99.2 98.6
Oct. 2013 98.2 98.6
Nov. 2013 98.3 98.7
Dec. 2013 98.8 98.8
Jan. 2014 98.9 99.1
Feb. 2014 99.5 99.4
Mar. 2014 100 99.7
Apr. 2014 100.8 100
May 2014 99.9 100.2
June 2014 101 100.3
July 2014 99 100.3
Aug. 2014 99.8 100.3
Sep. 2014 100.3 100.2
Oct. 2014 100.1 100.2
Nov. 2014 99.8 100.2
Dec. 2014 100.7 100.3
Jan. 2015 99.9 100.5
Feb. 2015 100.7 100.6
Mar. 2015 100.8 100.7
Apr. 2015 103.6 100.6
May 2015 99 100.5
June 2015 100 100.3
July 2015 100.6 100.3
Aug. 2015 100.9 100.3
Sep. 2015 100.1 100.3
Oct. 2015 100.7 100.4
Nov. 2015 100.2 100.4
Dec. 2015 99.9 100.3
Jan. 2016 100.6 100.1
Feb. 2016 99.8 99.9
Mar. 2016 98.9 99.6
Apr. 2016 99 99.5
May 2016 100.3 99.4
June 2016 99.7 99.4
July 2016 99.2 99.5
Aug. 2016 99.7 99.7
Sep. 2016 99.8 99.8
Oct. 2016 100.7 100
Nov. 2016 100.2 100.2
Dec. 2016 97.9 100.4
Jan. 2017 99.9 100.7
Feb. 2017 101 101
Mar. 2017 101.3 101.3
Apr. 2017 101.4 101.7
May 2017 102.9 101.8
June 2017 102.3 101.9
July 2017 102.7 101.8
Aug. 2017 102 101.8
Sep. 2017 101.2 101.8
Oct. 2017 101.1 101.8
Nov. 2017 103.1 101.8
Dec. 2017 102 101.9
Jan. 2018 101.7 101.9
Feb. 2018 101.1 102

Working-day adjusted

Working-day adjusted figures show that retail sales increased by 2.4 per cent in the period December 2017 - February 2018 compared to the same period in 2016 - 2017.

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