Press release No. 503 of 1 November 2021
Retail turnover, September 2021 (provisional, calendar and seasonally adjusted)
-2.5% on the previous month (in real terms)
-2.3% on the previous month (in nominal terms)
-0.9% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms)
+1.4% 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 2.5% lower and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover was 2.3% lower, on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, in September 2021 than in August 2021. Retail turnover in real terms was up by 3.7% in September 2021 on the pre-crisis month of February 2020. Compared with September 2020, turnover decreased by 0.9% in real terms and increased by 1.4% in nominal terms in September 2021.
Crisis Monitor enables comparison between corona crisis and financial and economic crisis
Retail turnover also forms part of the “Crisis 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 "Crisis monitor" complements the Corona statistics webpage (www.destatis.de/corona), which provides statistical information on the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.
