Retail Sales (YoY)

Retail sales announced by the Netherlands Statistics Office are a measure of the change in sales of the Dutch retail industry. It shows the performance of the retail industry in the short term. The percentage change reflects the rate of change in sales. Changes in retail sales are widely monitored as an indicator of consumer spending. A high index is considered positive (or uptrend) for EUR, while a low index is considered negative (or downtrend) for EUR.