Retail Sales in Switzerland
The Swiss economy recorded an average growth rate of 1.1% in the decade to 2022. In 2022, the growth was -0.1%.
Switzerland Retail Chart
Switzerland Retail Data
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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Retail Sales (ann. var. %) | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 4.6 | -0.1 |
Decline in retail sales softens in December
Retail sales dropped 0.8% year on year in calendar-adjusted terms in December (November: -1.5% c.a. yoy). December's result marked the best reading since June. The reading reflected a broad-based upturn, with activity in the food, beverages, and tobacco, household equipment and culture and recreation goods sub-sectors all improving in December. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales fell 0.6% in December (November: +0.3% mom), the worst result since July. Meanwhile, the trend improved slightly, with the annual average variation of retail sales coming in at minus 1.6%, up from November's minus 1.9%.
Taken together, the retail sales data over Q4 as a whole suggests a muted private spending outturn in the quarter, which would be in line with our panelists’ forecasts.
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