Press release No. 312 of 1 July 2021
Retail turnover, May 2021 (provisional)
+4.2% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted)
+4.5% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted)
-2.4% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms)
-0.6% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the real (price-adjusted) turnover of all retail enterprises in Germany was 4.2% higher and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 4.5% higher, on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, in May 2021 than in April 2021. This development is probably due to the declining coronavirus incidence in all of Germany and, consequently, the easing of restrictions provided for by the federal emergency brake.
Crisis Monitor enables comparison between corona crisis and financial and economic crisis
Retail turnover also forms part of the “Crises monitor“ (www.destatis.de/krisenmonitor), by means of which the Federal Statistical Office compares the development of major short-term indicators in the corona crisis and the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009. The Crises monitor complements the "Corona statistics" webpage (www.destatis.de/corona), which has provided statistical information on the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.
