Euro Area Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Sep 30, 2024

Actual

0.5

Units In

0.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 05, 2024

Time to Release

26 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
19 May 2020	-11.5 Apr 2020	0.07 %	1995-2024	Eurostat

In the Euro Area, retail sales show the evolution of the total amount of goods sold. Among them, food drinks and tobacco account for the highest share (39.3 percent); followed by electrical goods and furniture (12.0 percent share); computer equipment books and other (11.4 percent share); pharmaceutical and medical goods (9.9 percent share); textiles, clothing, footwear (9.2 percent share); auto fuel (9.1 percent share); other non-food products (6.0 percent share) and mail orders and internet (2.9 percent share). Among countries, Germany has the highest weight (25.9 percent), followed by France (21.7 percent), Italy (16.1 percent) and Spain (11.4 percent). Others are Netherlands (5.2 percent); Belgium (4.3 percent); Greece (3.0 percent); Austria (2.8 percent); Portugal (2.4 percent); Finland (1.8 percent); Ireland (1.7 percent); Luxembourg and Slovakia (0.8 percent each); Slovenia (0.6 percent); Lithuania (0.4 percent); Latvia and Cyprus (0.3 percent); Estonia (0.2 percent) and Malta (0.1 percent).

Latest Updates

Retail sales in the Eurozone increased 0.5% month-over-month in September 2024, following an upwardly revised 1.1% surge in August, and beatng forecasts of a 0.4% rise. Sales soared 1.1% for non-food products and edged up 0.2% for auto fuel, but declined 0.4% for food, drinks and tobacco. Among the Eurozone's largest economies, retail sales increased 1.2% in Germany and 1% in Italy, but declined 0.5% in France. Year-on-year, retail sales were up 2.8%.