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Japanese Retail Trade rises faster than expected in May, growing 3% versus the forecast 2%

Joshua Gibson FXStreet

Japan's Retail Trade for the year ended in May, clocking in at 3% YoY versus the forecast hold at 2.0%. On the downside, the previous period's print was revised down to 2.0% from the initial print of 2.4%.

Large Retailer Sales also increased in May, climbing to 4% YoY versus the previous month's print of 3%.

Seasonally-adjusted Japanese Retail Trade revealed a front-loaded uptick in retail activity, with MoM large retailer sales clocking in at 1.7% in May compared to April's 1.2%.

Economic Indicator

Retail Trade (YoY)

The Retail Trade data, released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on a monthly basis, measures the total value of goods sold by retailers in Japan. Changes in Retail Sales are widely followed as an indicator of consumer spending. Percent changes reflect the rate of changes in such sales, with the YoY reading comparing sales values in the reference month with the same month a year earlier. Generally, a high reading is seen as bullish for the Japanese Yen (JPY), while a low reading is seen as bearish.

Market reaction

USD/JPY is slipping back i nearly Thursday trading, sliding to 160.50 after hitting a fresh 38-year peak on Wednesday. The pair clipped into an almost four-decade high at 160.87 this week, hitting bids that have remained unseen since 1986.

USD/JPY five minute chart

About Japanese Large Retailer Sales

The Large Retailer Sales data, released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on a monthly basis, measures the total value of goods sold by large retailers in Japan. Changes in Retail Sales are widely followed as an indicator of consumer spending. Percent changes reflect the rate of change in such sales. Generally, a high reading is seen as bullish for the Japanese Yen (JPY), while a low reading is seen as bearish.

Author

Joshua Gibson

FXStreet

Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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