Friday, July 2, 2010

Retail Sales Per Capita Chart

On June 17, ContraryInvestor.com had a chart that showed retail sales per capita since 2005.  Total retail sales, as depicted, includes autos and gasoline:



Below the Retail Sales Per Capita is a chart of the S&P Retail Sales Index.

Of course, this view of total retail sales, on a per-capita (factoring in population growth) basis, is not one that is often seen.  I've posted it as I believe that this "per-capita" view is an important one, for many reasons.


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  1. CMBNovember 15, 2012 at 8:56 AM

    It would be interesting to see a long term chart of real retail sales per capita to capture the inflation adjusted change in this metric as chained to population growth in order to reveal a clearer picture of GDP construed as "70%" consumption driven.

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