Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:26:22 GMT
Japanese yearly retail sales climb more than forecast
Japan's annual retail sales expanded 3.6% in May compared to an expected gain of 3.0%, government report showed on Thursday. The advance was slower than a 5.7% improvement in April indicating that recovery of consumption from previous year's earthquake is slowing down. On monthly basis nation's retail sales soared 0.7% from a 0.4% drop in April.