2025年3月,日本零售额同比增长3.1%,低于上个月下调后的1.3%的增长率,低于市场预期的3.5%的增长率。这标志着零售销售连续第36个月扩张,工资上涨继续支持消费。燃料(1.8%)、汽车(1.5%)、机械设备(6.7%)、服装和个人用品(7.6%)、食品和饮料(1.9%)、非商店零售商(3.1%)、其他零售商(4.1%)和药品和化妆品(3.7%)的销售额增长。相比之下,百货商店的销售额下降了(-1.2%)。按月计算,3月份零售额下降了1.2%,这是三个月来的首次月度下降,扭转了2月份向下修正的0.4%的增长。
Retail sales in Japan increased by 3.1% year-on-year in March 2025, down from a downwardly revised 1.3% growth in the previous month, below market expectations of a 3.5% rise. This marked the 36th straight month of expansion in retail sales, with rising wages continuing to support consumption. Sales grew for fuel (1.8%), automobile (1.5%), machinery & equipment (6.7%), clothing & personal goods (7.6%), food & beverage (1.9%), non-store retailers (3.1%), other retailers (4.1%), and pharmaceuticals & cosmetics (3.7%). By contrast, sales fell for department stores (-1.2%). On a monthly basis, retail sales fell by 1.2% in March, the first monthly decline in three months, reversing a downwardly revised 0.4% gain in February.