Japan Market Data
Economy Watchers DI — retail (current conditions, unadjusted)
Households, wages & sentiment
Year to date is floortok's own arithmetic on the published months — a total for sales and arrivals, an average for prices and rates — set against the same months a year earlier. The bars are each month's year-on-year change.
| Month | Economy Watchers DI — retail (current conditions, unadjusted) (DI) | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 44.9 | −0.4% |
| Jul 2026 | 45.6 | +1.8% |
| Jun 2026 | 42.7 | −4.5% |
| May 2026 | 44.0 | +0.9% |
| Apr 2026 | 41.6 | −1.7% |
| Mar 2026 | 43.3 | −6.3% |
| Feb 2026 | 47.4 | +8.5% |
| Jan 2026 | 45.0 | −0.2% |
| Dec 2025 | 46.4 | −5.5% |
| Nov 2025 | 47.0 | −0.4% |
| Oct 2025 | 47.0 | +9.3% |
| Sep 2025 | 44.7 | −2.6% |
| Aug 2025 | 45.1 | −4.2% |
| Jul 2025 | 44.8 | −6.1% |
| Jun 2025 | 44.7 | −4.1% |
| May 2025 | 43.6 | −4.0% |
| Apr 2025 | 42.3 | −12.6% |
| Mar 2025 | 46.2 | −8.3% |
| Feb 2025 | 43.7 | −9.5% |
| Jan 2025 | 45.1 | −0.7% |
| Dec 2024 | 49.1 | +0.8% |
| Nov 2024 | 47.2 | −1.7% |
| Oct 2024 | 43.0 | −10.2% |
| Sep 2024 | 45.9 | −6.7% |
| Aug 2024 | 47.1 | −12.1% |
| Jul 2024 | 47.7 | −10.8% |
| Jun 2024 | 46.6 | −8.6% |
| May 2024 | 45.4 | −14.0% |
| Apr 2024 | 48.4 | −11.7% |
| Mar 2024 | 50.4 | −5.6% |
| Feb 2024 | 48.3 | −4.5% |
| Jan 2024 | 45.4 | −1.3% |
| Dec 2023 | 48.7 | −0.2% |
| Nov 2023 | 48.0 | +0.8% |
| Oct 2023 | 47.9 | −2.2% |
| Sep 2023 | 49.2 | +1.2% |
| Aug 2023 | 53.6 | +23.8% |
| Jul 2023 | 53.5 | +27.4% |
| Jun 2023 | 51.0 | +3.2% |
| May 2023 | 52.8 | +4.6% |
| Apr 2023 | 54.8 | +11.6% |
| Mar 2023 | 53.4 | +11.0% |
| Feb 2023 | 50.6 | +45.0% |
| Jan 2023 | 46.0 | +30.7% |
| Dec 2022 | 48.8 | −16.9% |
| Nov 2022 | 47.6 | −14.8% |
| Oct 2022 | 49.0 | −9.4% |
| Sep 2022 | 48.6 | +14.6% |
| Aug 2022 | 43.3 | +40.6% |
| Jul 2022 | 42.0 | −9.9% |
| Jun 2022 | 49.4 | +14.1% |
| May 2022 | 50.5 | +46.0% |
| Apr 2022 | 49.1 | +31.3% |
| Mar 2022 | 48.1 | −4.4% |
| Feb 2022 | 34.9 | −15.5% |
| Jan 2022 | 35.2 | +18.9% |
| Dec 2021 | 58.7 | +54.9% |
| Nov 2021 | 55.9 | +23.7% |
| Oct 2021 | 54.1 | +2.5% |
| Sep 2021 | 42.4 | −10.9% |
Current-conditions DI for the retail group within household activity (shopping streets and independent shops, department stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, apparel specialists, electronics superstores, car dealers), nationwide. The Cabinet Office publishes the by-industry lines as unadjusted figures only, so this series is not seasonally adjusted and is never revised; compare with the same month a year earlier rather than the previous month. 50 is neutral. The year-on-year shown here is floortok's percentage change in the DI against the same month a year earlier; the Cabinet Office publishes no year-on-year for this series, and DI users normally compare levels and month-on-month differences.