Brazil - Real Retail Sales
Brazil: Real Retail Sales
| Mnemonic | WRT$.IBRA | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | Index 2014=100, SA | |
| Adjustments | Seasonally Adjusted | |
| Monthly | 0.76 % | |
| Data | Mar 2019 | 119.7 |
| Feb 2019 | 118.8 | |
Series Information
| Source | Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) |
| Release | Retail Sales Index |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Start Date | 1/31/2000 |
| End Date | 3/31/2019 |
Brazil: Consumer
| Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence | Apr 2019 | 100.27 | 100.61 | Index Long term avg=100, SA | Monthly |
| Real Retail Sales | Mar 2019 | 119.7 | 118.8 | Index 2014=100, SA | Monthly |
| Retail Sales | Mar 2019 | 94.7 | 94.4 | Vol. Index 2014=100, SA | Monthly |
Release Information
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reports monthly retail sales as nominal and volume revenue indices. The dataset also includes the retail sales index by activity (CNAE 2.0). Series are both seasonally adjusted (SA) and not seasonally adjusted (NSA). The SA series contain data at the state-level for Brazil. As of 2017, the index base year is 2014.
The IBGE's Monthly Survey of Trade (PMC) is responsible for gathering trade data for Brazil and each of its 26 states. This monthly survey gathers retail trade values utilizing probabilistic sampling to create estimates. The following are the reported indicators:
- Volume index of retail sales
- Index of nominal revenue of retail sales
- Volume index of vehicles, motorcycles, breaks, and parts
- Index of nominal revenue of vehicles, motorcycles, breaks, and parts sales
The survey sample is stratified and probabilistic registration by State and eleven activities, called natural strata. For each natural strata are created three strata:
- Managerial (G) is the stratum consisting of companies that operate in more than one Unidade da Federação (UF).
- Certain (C) is the stratum composed of large companies, defined according to a statistical criterion variable in Gross Sale for UF x activity, acting on only one UF. sampled (A). Stratum is composed of firms that act not considered large in a single UF
- Companies of managerial strata (L) or right (C ) were all included in the sample, while in each final stratum sampled (A) sample firms were selected using the technique of simple random sampling without replacement.
The annual release contains revisions for the previous several years. The survey was expanded to the Salvador and Recife metro areas in 1997.
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