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Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2011 0.1% 0.1% -8.3% -4.8%
2010 2.3% 4.2% 4.7% 4.9% 2.9% 3.3% 3.8% 4.3% 1.4% -0.2% 1.5% -2.1%
2009 -2.4% -5.8% -3.9% -2.8% -2.7% -2.9% -2.4% -1.8% -1.3% -1.0% -1.1% -0.2%
2008 1.3% 3.2% 1.0% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 2.0% 0.7% -0.3% -0.7% -0.9% -2.7%
2007 -0.9% -0.2% -0.7% -0.7% 0.1% -0.4% -2.3% 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 1.6% 0.2%

* Figures in the table reflect revisions, while graph shows the original data. The readings in the table are for the month the release is measuring.

April 27th –

From Bloomberg: Japan’s retail sales tumbled the most in 13 years last month as the nation’s record earthquake shut stores and discouraged households from spending money.

Sales slumped 8.5 percent in March from a year earlier, the biggest decline since March 1998, according to a statement by trade ministry in Tokyo today. The median estimate of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 6.1 percent drop.

 

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