by 01.07.2021 – Turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 2.3% in nominal terms in May 2021 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 1.9% compared with the previous month. These are provisional findings from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Real turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 2.8% in May 2021 compared with the previous year. Real growth takes inflation into consideration. Compared with the previous month, real, seasonally adjusted retail trade turnover registered a decline of 1.8%. Switzerland Retail Sales YoY, May 2021(see more posts on Switzerland Retail Sales, ) Source: Investing.com - Click to enlarge Changes in the sectors Adjusted for
Topics:
Swiss Statistics considers the following as important: 2) Swiss and European Macro, 2.) Swiss Statistics - Press Releases, Featured, newsletter
This could be interesting, too:
Frank Shostak writes Assumptions in Economics and in the Real World
Conor Sanderson writes The Betrayal of Free Speech: Elon Musk Buckles to Government Censorship, Again
Nachrichten Ticker - www.finanzen.ch writes Bitcoin erstmals über 80.000 US-Dollar
Nachrichten Ticker - www.finanzen.ch writes Kraken kündigt eigene Blockchain ‘Ink’ an – Neue Ära für den Krypto-Markt?
| 01.07.2021 – Turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 2.3% in nominal terms in May 2021 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 1.9% compared with the previous month. These are provisional findings from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Real turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 2.8% in May 2021 compared with the previous year. Real growth takes inflation into consideration. Compared with the previous month, real, seasonally adjusted retail trade turnover registered a decline of 1.8%. |
Switzerland Retail Sales YoY, May 2021(see more posts on Switzerland Retail Sales, ) Source: Investing.com - Click to enlarge |
Changes in the sectors
Adjusted for sales days and holidays, the retail sector excluding service stations showed a 1.0% increase in nominal turnover in May 2021 compared with May 2020 (in real terms +1.8%). Service stations recorded a nominal turnover increase of 21.3% (in real terms +1.9%).
Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered a decline in nominal turnover of 4.7% (in real terms –3.1%), whereas the non-food sector registered a nominal plus of 8.0% (in real terms +7.9%). Nearly all sectors in the non-food sector saw increases, in particular “other goods (clothing, chemists, watches and jewellery)” (+18.4%; in real terms + 19.5. This was followed by the sectors “information and communication equipment” (+7.5%; in real terms +14.7%), “cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores” (+7.3%; in real terms +6.2%) and “market stalls, retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” (3.5%; in real terms +4.4%). The sector “other household equipment, textiles, DIY and furniture” in particular, showed losses (–3.0%; in real terms –5.6%).
Excluding service stations, the retail sector showed a seasonally adjusted decline in nominal turnover of 2.4% compared with the previous month (in real terms –2.4%). Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered a nominal minus of 3.0% (in real terms –2.7%). The non-food sector showed a minus of 2.9% (in real terms –3.0%).
Download press release Swiss retail trade figures rose in May 2021
You Might Also Like
Swiss Consumer Price Index in May 2021: -0.6 percent YoY, +0.1 percent MoM
2021-07-01
The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.1% in June 2021 compared with the previous month, reaching 101.1 points (December 2020 = 100). Inflation was +0.6% compared with the same month of the previous year. These are the results of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Weekly SNB Sight Deposits and Speculative Positions: Inflation is there, CHF must Rise
2021-06-28
Update June 28 2021: SNB intervening. Sight Deposits have risen by +0.4 bn CHF, this means that the SNB is intervening and buying Euros and Dollars.
Swiss Consumer Price Index in May 2021: +0.6 percent YoY, +0.3 percent MoM
2021-06-07
The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.3% in May 2021 compared with the previous month, reaching 101.0 points (December 2020 = 100). Inflation was +0.6% compared with the same month of the previous year. These are the results of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Swiss Producer and Import Price Index in April 2021: +1.8 percent YoY, +0.7 percent MoM
2021-05-17
The Producer and Import Price Index increased in April 2021 by 0.7% compared with the previous month, reaching 101.6 points (December 2020 = 100). Higher prices were seen in particular for computer, electronic and optical products, machinery, basic metals, semi-finished metal products and metal products.
Swiss Retail Sales, February 2021: 6.9 percent Nominal and -6.3 percent Real
2021-04-01
Turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 6.9% in nominal terms in February 2021 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 5.5% compared with the previous month. These are provisional findings from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Swiss Producer and Import Price Index in January 2021: -2.1 percent YoY, +0.3 percent MoM
2021-02-23
23.02.2021 – The Producer and Import Price Index rose in January 2021 by 0.3% compared with the previous month, reaching 100.3 points (December 2020 = 100). The rise is due in particular to higher prices for scrap, petroleum products, as well as for basic metals and semi-finished metal products. Compared with January 2020, the price level of the whole range of domestic and imported products fell by 2.1%.
Secondary sector with strong production and turnover losses in the 4th quarter and for the whole of 2020
2021-02-19
Secondary sector production declined 3.1% in 4th quarter 2020 in comparison with the same quarter a year earlier. Turnover fell by 4.4%. For 2020 as a whole which was shaped by the Covid 19 pandemic, there were strong decreases in production (-3.3%) and turnover (-5.2%).
Swiss Retail Sales, December 2020: 3.5 percent Nominal and 4.7 percent Real
2021-02-01
Retail trade turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays showed nominal growth of 3.5% in December 2020 compared with the same month of the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover grew by 2.2% compared with the previous month. Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the whole of 2020, provisional results show nominal growth of 0.1%.
Tags: Featured,newsletter