TRADE ACTIVITY HAS HIGH of 2%

The movement of consumers in retail stores all over the country grew 2% in February compared with January, already discounted seasonal influences, according to the activity indicator Serasa Experian's trade. Compared to the same month in 2017, the advancement registered was 7%. In the first quarter, activity rose 6 5% in comparison with the same period last year. Serasa Experian's economists claim that the increase in real income mass and the impetus provided by credit expansion due to the decrease in interest rates and improved consumer confidence, are factors that follow stimulating retail at the beginning This year. In February compared with January, the largest expansion was checked in the mobile segment, electronics and computing, with 5.4 percent advance. Another highlight was the building material category (4.3%). The only sector that performed in the period was the retreat of supermarkets, hypermarkets, food and drinks, with fall of 0.8%. In the quarter, the best performance was also of furniture, electronics and computer science (10%). Secondly, was the segment of vehicles, motorcycles and parts, which surged interannual of 3.7%. The Serasa Experian Indicator of Trade activity is built, exclusively, by the volume of monthly queries performed by commercial entity's database. Queries (in the forms of growth rates) are statistically treated by the method of averages trimmed with 20% cut in the upper and lower extremities. With growth rates and weighted by the volume of queries for each commercial enterprise is built the indicator series. The sample brings together 6,000 commercial enterprises and the segmented into six branches. Serasa Experian's economists claim that the increase in real income mass and the impetus provided by credit expansion due to the decrease in interest rates and improved consumer confidence, are factors that follow stimulating retail at the beginning This year. In February compared with January, the largest expansion was checked in the mobile segment, electronics and computing, with 5.4 percent advance. Another highlight was the building material category (4.3%). The only sector that performed in the period was the retreat of supermarkets, hypermarkets, food and drinks, with fall of 0.8%. In the quarter, the best performance was also of furniture, electronics and computer science (10%). Secondly, was the segment of vehicles, motorcycles and parts, which surged interannual of 3.7%. The Serasa Experian Indicator of Trade activity is built, exclusively, by the volume of monthly queries performed by commercial entity's database. Queries (in the forms of growth rates) are statistically treated by the method of averages trimmed with 20% cut in the upper and lower extremities. With growth rates and weighted by the volume of queries for each commercial enterprise is built the indicator series. The sample brings together 6,000 commercial enterprises and the segmented into six branches.