Name: 小売売上高の経済波及効果、解説WSJ (The Economic Ripple Effect of Retail Sales, Explained WSJ)
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- [Man] Retail sales is a measure of purchases at stores,

Although it makes up a relatively small portion of GDP,

it's an important driver of economic growth because retail

They create a ripple effect throughout the economy.

That's why analysts and economists are paying close

attention to this monthly indicator as a way to gauge

whether the economy at large is recovering.

Here's how the retail spending ripple effect works.

And this type of spending adds up retail sales have been

growing for decades except for a short dip

retail sales have almost tripled from $1.8 trillion

This includes auto sales, sales at clothing retailers in

general merchandisers like department stores,

Some of these categories have struggled more than others.

Auto sales declined sharply as lockdown swept across the

- The biggest component retail sales is spending on new cars

Now those two categories have been really hard hit in the

coronavirus pandemic because people are not commuting.

And also because there's been so much fluctuation in the

labor market, people that are sort of less inclined

because they might not necessarily be sure if they're going

retailers and department stores saw sales all but

which were all under pressure before the pandemic hit,

You know, they had to stay in their houses

So really the only areas that we saw much spending

people have been stocking up at grocery stores.

- Spending of bars and restaurants has been hit really hard.

But what we did see was a big bump in March when people were

they really wanted to fill their shelves in preparation for

- [Man] Spending online however has accelerated.

boosting online retailers by more than 20%.

- Well every month that this the, you know,

we've seen a greater share of retail sales

Like for instance, amazon.com for many people,

to buy certain products is to go online and spend online.

there have been signs that retail might be recovering.

The retail sector lost almost 2.3 million jobs in April,

- And the hope is that that will continue as people kind of

to recover and to spend more money after the,

after the shutdowns or essentially the last phase of the

recovery will be people going back into stores, into malls,

into enclosed spaces and feeling comfortable.

- How confident consumers feel about going out and spending

money safely will help determine how quickly retail sales

might improve and ripple around the economy.

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