美國零售額在8月出現了出乎意料的增長,大多數門類的銷售額均有所上升,大大抵消了汽車銷售的疲軟,并凸顯了商品消費需求的韌性。
9月16日,美國商務部(Commerce Department)的數據顯示,今年8月,零售額增長了0.7%(7月,美國零售額下跌了1.8%)。不計汽車銷售,銷售額在8月增長了1.8%,是五個月以來最大的增幅。
在彭博社(Bloomberg)對多名經濟學家的調查中,預估中值顯示零售總額將出現0.7%的下滑,其預測范圍區間為3.3%的降幅到+1.1%的增幅。
報告發布后,美國股票指數期貨縮減跌幅,債券應聲下跌。
出人意料的銷售額改善顯示了商品需求的健康度,其部分原因在于數百萬有孩子的家庭在開學季開始采購和消費。該報告顯示,在線零售商、普通商品店、日用品商店,以及百貨店的銷售額均有所上升。
德爾塔變種病毒壓抑了一些服務的需求,例如旅行和休閑,這一點可能也讓美國人轉而將其開支投入到商品購買當中。零售數據顯示,餐館與酒吧是報告中8月唯一營收停滯不前的服務開支門類。與此同時,百貨店銷售額上升了2.1%。
Capital Economics的美國高級經濟師邁克爾·皮爾斯在一則紀要中表示:“盡管商品消費比我們預計的更加強勁,但這可能只會加劇最近幾個月出現的短缺現象。同時,餐館與酒吧消費的毫無起色意味著服務消費領域更廣泛的恢復可能難以實現。”
新冠感染病例的激增、價格的上漲,以及持續的供應鏈挑戰,促使人們在近幾周不斷下調第三季度經濟增速預測。
受德爾塔變種病毒對服務開支的影響,高盛集團(Goldman Sachs Group Inc.)的經濟學家在9月初將其第三季度消費預測下調至0.5%。
門類細分
美國商務部的報告顯示,在13大門類中,有10個門類的銷售額出現了增長。汽車、電子和家電賣場,以及體育用品和特定商店的銷售額出現了下滑。
汽車與零部件銷售額在8月下滑了3.6%,7月下滑了4.6%。Wards Automotive Group稱,這反映了不斷上升的價格以及有限的庫存,而這兩個因素在一年多的時間中將汽車銷售壓至其最低水平。
近幾個月以來,隨著各大企業將材料和勞動力限制導致的額外成本(至少是部分成本)轉接給消費者,美國民眾經歷了多次商品和服務的漲價。這一點對零售行業數據有多大的影響我們并不清楚,因為該數字并未針對價格變化進行調整。
所謂的對照組銷售額(用于計算GDP且不含餐飲服務、汽車經銷商、建筑材料店和加油站)在8月躍升了2.5%,是五個月以來的最大增幅。(財富中文網)
克里斯蒂·朔伊布勒、索菲·卡羅內羅和奧利維亞·羅克曼對本文亦有貢獻。
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
美國零售額在8月出現了出乎意料的增長,大多數門類的銷售額均有所上升,大大抵消了汽車銷售的疲軟,并凸顯了商品消費需求的韌性。
9月16日,美國商務部(Commerce Department)的數據顯示,今年8月,零售額增長了0.7%(7月,美國零售額下跌了1.8%)。不計汽車銷售,銷售額在8月增長了1.8%,是五個月以來最大的增幅。
在彭博社(Bloomberg)對多名經濟學家的調查中,預估中值顯示零售總額將出現0.7%的下滑,其預測范圍區間為3.3%的降幅到+1.1%的增幅。
報告發布后,美國股票指數期貨縮減跌幅,債券應聲下跌。
出人意料的銷售額改善顯示了商品需求的健康度,其部分原因在于數百萬有孩子的家庭在開學季開始采購和消費。該報告顯示,在線零售商、普通商品店、日用品商店,以及百貨店的銷售額均有所上升。
德爾塔變種病毒壓抑了一些服務的需求,例如旅行和休閑,這一點可能也讓美國人轉而將其開支投入到商品購買當中。零售數據顯示,餐館與酒吧是報告中8月唯一營收停滯不前的服務開支門類。與此同時,百貨店銷售額上升了2.1%。
Capital Economics的美國高級經濟師邁克爾·皮爾斯在一則紀要中表示:“盡管商品消費比我們預計的更加強勁,但這可能只會加劇最近幾個月出現的短缺現象。同時,餐館與酒吧消費的毫無起色意味著服務消費領域更廣泛的恢復可能難以實現。”
新冠感染病例的激增、價格的上漲,以及持續的供應鏈挑戰,促使人們在近幾周不斷下調第三季度經濟增速預測。
受德爾塔變種病毒對服務開支的影響,高盛集團(Goldman Sachs Group Inc.)的經濟學家在9月初將其第三季度消費預測下調至0.5%。
門類細分
美國商務部的報告顯示,在13大門類中,有10個門類的銷售額出現了增長。汽車、電子和家電賣場,以及體育用品和特定商店的銷售額出現了下滑。
汽車與零部件銷售額在8月下滑了3.6%,7月下滑了4.6%。Wards Automotive Group稱,這反映了不斷上升的價格以及有限的庫存,而這兩個因素在一年多的時間中將汽車銷售壓至其最低水平。
近幾個月以來,隨著各大企業將材料和勞動力限制導致的額外成本(至少是部分成本)轉接給消費者,美國民眾經歷了多次商品和服務的漲價。這一點對零售行業數據有多大的影響我們并不清楚,因為該數字并未針對價格變化進行調整。
所謂的對照組銷售額(用于計算GDP且不含餐飲服務、汽車經銷商、建筑材料店和加油站)在8月躍升了2.5%,是五個月以來的最大增幅。(財富中文網)
克里斯蒂·朔伊布勒、索菲·卡羅內羅和奧利維亞·羅克曼對本文亦有貢獻。
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
US. retail sales rose unexpectedly in August as a pickup in purchases across most categories more than offset weakness at auto dealers, showing resilient consumer demand for merchandise.
The value of overall retail purchases climbed 0.7% in August following a downwardly revised 1.8% decrease in July, Commerce Department figures showed on September 16. Excluding autos, sales advanced 1.8% in August, the largest gain in five months.
The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 0.7% decline in overall retail sales, with forecasts ranging from a 3.3% drop to a 1.1% gain.
US. stock-index futures pared losses and bonds slipped after the report.
The surprising improvement in sales, underpinned in part by back-to-school shopping and payments for millions of families with children, suggests healthy demand for goods. The report showed firmer receipts at online retailers, general merchandise stores, furniture outlets and grocery stores.
The Delta variant is curbing demand for services such as travel and leisure, which may be allowing Americans to shift their spending back to goods. The retail sales data showed receipts at restaurants and bars, the only services-spending category in the report, stagnated in August. Meantime, grocery-store receipts climbed 2.1%.
“While spending on goods was much stronger than we anticipated, that presumably will just add to the shortages seen in recent months, while the flatlining of spending in restaurants and bars suggest that the broader recovery in services consumption probably faltered,” Michael Pearce, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said in a note.
A surge in COVID-19 infections, rising prices and persistent supply chain challenges prompted a wave of downgrades to third-quarter economic growth forecasts in recent weeks.
Earlier September, economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. downgraded their third-quarter consumption forecast to a 0.5% annualized decline because of delta’s impact on services spending.
Category breakdown
According to the Commerce Department’s report, 10 of 13 categories registered sales increases. Sales decreased at car dealers, electronics and appliances outlets and sporting goods and hobby stores.
Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales fell 3.6% in August after a 4.6% slide a month earlier. That reflects the surging prices and limited inventory that have depressed auto sales to their weakest level in more than a year, according to Wards Automotive Group.
Americans have also been confronted with higher prices across a variety of goods and services in recent months as businesses pass on—at least in part—extra costs associated with constraints on materials and labor. The degree to which that played a role in the retail sales data is not clear as the figures are not adjusted for price changes.
So-called control group sales, which are used to calculate gross domestic product and exclude food services, auto dealers, building materials stores and gasoline stations, jumped 2.5% in August—the most in five months.
With assistance from Kristy Scheuble, Sophie Caronello and Olivia Rockeman.