Luxembourg - Retail Sales

For Luxembourg, the retail trade turnover index is designed to be an indicator of the economic cycle. Turnover consists of the totals invoiced by the observation unit during a reference period, and corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties. Other charges (e.g., packaging) that are passed on to the customer are also included in turnover.

Active:

• Classification: NACE Rev. 2
• Measurements:
  • Fixed-base value index relative to 2021 (Index 2021=100)
  • Volume index relative to 2021 (Vol. Index 2021=100)
• Adjustments:
  • Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
  • Calendar adjusted (CDA)
  • Calendar adjusted and seasonally adjusted (CDASA)
• Native frequency: Monthly
• Start date: As early as 2005m1

Predecessors:

• 2005m1 to 2023m12 ("_15")
• 2005m1 to 2018m1 ("_10")
• 2007m1 to 2012m12 ("05")

Data are collected by Eurostat and compiled by Statec.

Figures are value or volume indexes based to 2021 (2021=100). The index is a chained Laspeyres index. Weights from 2021 have been used since January 2024. The activities classification is NACE Rev. 2. 

Moody's Analytics produces seasonally adjusted supplements, using the U.S. Census Bureau's X-13 ARIMA program.

According to Eurostat's new revision policy, national data continues to be revised when extra information from national statistical authorities or from seasonal adjustment completed by Eurostat becomes available.

An error report is released when errors are detected and corrected immediately. 

Major revisions and changes to methodologies are announced in the montly press release.

Eurostat:

• Short-term business statistics

OECD:

• Luxembourg