Japan August retail sales rise 2.7% y/y, missing 3.2% estimate; m/m falls 1.2%

Japan's retail sales rose 2.7% year-on-year in August, below the 3.2% estimate and down from 4.0% the prior month, while sales fell 1.2% month-on-month. Department store and supermarket sales grew 0.8% y/y, slowing from 1.4%.

Detected & updated continuously · Source: Nebula