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Japan Retail Sales YoY

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Mar 30, 2025

Actual

1.4%

Forecast

2.4%

4.4%

Retail Sales measure the change in the total value of inflation-adjusted sales at the retail level. It is the foremost indicator of consumer spending, which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the JPY, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the JPY.

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Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Apr 29, 2025 (Mar)	19:50			1.4%
Mar 30, 2025 (Feb)	19:50	1.4%	2.4%	4.4%
Feb 27, 2025 (Jan)	19:50	3.9%	3.9%	3.5%
Jan 30, 2025 (Dec)	19:50	3.7%	3.4%	2.8%
Dec 26, 2024 (Nov)	19:50	2.8%	1.5%	1.3%
Nov 28, 2024 (Oct)	19:50	1.6%	2.1%	0.7%

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Ricardo Vespa May 28, 2014 11:25PM ET

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Is Abenomics really working? it better be, let's think that it really is or at least make up because there is nothing much more Japan can do at this stage. Think more like one of Japan's few last silver bullets.

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buy expection i set with high leverage

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