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Taiwan Retail Sales 2026-03-05 16:00 Asia/Taipei: data, chart, and analysis

Taiwan Retail Sales came in at -3.42 on Mar 5, 2026, compared with 0.87 previously. See the full release history, chart, Central Bank of the Republic of China context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
-3.42
Previous
0.87
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-01-01

Last updated:

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Taiwan Retail Sales release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Taiwan Retail Sales chart through 2026-01-01
TWD Retail Sales readings through 2026-01-01. Latest: -3.42.

Retail Sales release read

Taiwan Retail Sales came in at -3.42 on Mar 5, 2026, compared with 0.87 previously. See the full release history, chart, Central Bank of the Republic of China context, and API access for this series.

The parent Retail Sales page shows the full time series for Taiwan. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For TWD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID twd_retail_sales_2026-03-05
API announcement ID twd_retail_sales_2026-01-01
Release time
2026-03-05 08:00 UTC
Reference period date 2026-01-01
Actual value -3.42
Previous value 0.87
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1772697600

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Taiwan Retail Sales history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More Taiwan Retail Sales releases

Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Newer release

2026-03-24 16:00 Asia/Taipei · 7.73

Older release

2026-01-23 16:00 Asia/Taipei · 0.87

Related Taiwan indicators

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Business Confidence

Survey-based measure of business executives' outlook on economic conditions, production, and investment plans.

Consumer Confidence

Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.

Core Inflation

CPI excluding volatile items like food and energy.

Current Account Balance

Measures trade in goods and services and income flows.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth

GDP growth: the quarterly change in the inflation-adjusted value of all goods and services produced in the economy.

Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)

Headline inflation: the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the standard measure central banks target.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Taiwan Retail Sales.

What did Taiwan Retail Sales come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Taiwan Retail Sales was -3.42% year on year in January 2026. The previous reading was 0.87%.

When was this Taiwan Retail Sales release published?

This release was published on Mar 5, 2026 at 16:00 Asia/Taipei.

When is the next Taiwan Retail Sales release?

The next Taiwan Retail Sales date is added here as soon as the publisher confirms its official schedule.

What is the official source for Taiwan Retail Sales?

DGBAS publishes the official Retail Sales series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1772697600,
  "announcement_id": "twd_retail_sales_2026-01-01",
  "capture_time_basis": "backfill_fetch_completed",
  "date": "2026-01-01",
  "observed_at_ns": 1789029588655066100,
  "previous_value": 0.87,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1772697600,
      "is_first_release": false,
      "val": -3.42,
      "vintage_status": "legacy_snapshot"
    },
    {
      "capture_time_basis": "backfill_fetch_completed",
      "epoch": 1772697600,
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1789029588655066100,
      "val": -3.42,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "val": -3.42,
  "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
}