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A good month for retail sales
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2007-05-02T10:00:00.000Z
Wholesale and retail trade and service activities;Income and consumption
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doi, Index of wholesale and retail sales, retail sales, volume index, value index, retail trade, commodity trade, turnover (for example groceries, clothing, building materials)Wholesale and retail trade , Consumption, Income and consumption, Wholesale and retail trade and service activities
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Index of wholesale and retail sales, March 2007

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A good month for retail sales

From February to March 2007, the seasonally adjusted index of retail sales rose by 1.1 1 per cent.

Seasonally adjusted index of volume corrected down by 0.2 per cent. More here .

Retail sales volume index seasonally adjusted. 2000 - 2007.

Due to Easter, the sales index for March is difficult to compare with the corresponding month in 2006. The seasonally-adjusted index takes Easter into account, but it is difficult to correct for Easter shopping. Therefore, the seasonally-adjusted index for March is more uncertain than the seasonally-adjusted indices for the other months.

Compared with March last year, the volume index not adjusted increased by 12.0 1 per cent in March this year. In the same period, the value index rose by 15.8 1 per cent.

Retail Sales indices. March 2007. 2000=100 1
  March 2007 Per cent
  February- March 2007 March 2006-March 2007 April 2005-March 2006-April 2006-March 2007 January -March 2006-January -March 2007
Retail sales value index exclude value added tax : Total excluding motor vehicles and petrol  130.8   12.8 6.0 9.7
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Not seasonally adjusted numbers  129.1   12.0 6.6 9.7
Retail sales volume index: Total, excluding motor vehicles and petrol. Seasonally adjusted numbers  133.9 1.1 9.3 6.8 7.8

Changes in calculations

From the publishing of the Index of retail trade for March 2007, there will be used a new and improved method for pre-adjustments of Easter effects. By the old method, we assumed that the Easter effect lasted for three weeks, at the same time as all the different industries where pre-adjusted equally. The result was that the Easter effect sometimes could be overestimated. By the new method, the number of days that are being pre-adjusted will depend on when the Easter is. Each industry will be pre-adjusted individually. One example is that the effect of the Easter is larger for retail sales which contain everyday commodities, than for retail sales with shoes, clothes and furniture.

The new method will, unlike the old method, also pre-adjust for Ascension Day and Whit Monday. All retail trade time series that are seasonally or working day adjusted, are recalculated back to 1979.

1 Corrected 4. May 2007 at 11:30 a.m.