Last month's retail sales in the United States increased 0.3% from the previous month, marking the fourth straight month of growth.
However, growth is slowing and we remain wary of the effects of prolonged inflation.
Last month's retail sales, announced by the US Department of Commerce on the 15th, were $ 639.8 billion, or about JPY73 trillion in Japanese yen, up 0.3% from the previous month, up for the fourth straight month.
In the United States, last month's consumer price index rose 6.8% compared to the same month of the previous year, the highest level in about 39 years, and inflationary pressure is increasing, but employment improvement and wages It seems that it supported the consumption of the year-end sales season when the upward trend is in full swing.
However, the growth rate of sales has slowed compared to 1.8% in the previous month, and the breakdown is that while "gas stations" and "food and drink / bars" increased, "department stores" and "home electronics mass retailers" Has decreased.
In a poll of 1,500 people last month by the leading newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, 56% of respondents said that inflation was "a burden on their lives," resulting in prolonged inflation. We remain vigilant about the impact on personal consumption.