In its first estimates, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union reveals when December 2011 is compared with November 2011, the volume of retail trade fell by 0.4% in the euro area (EA17), while it rose by 0.3% in the EU27. The largest decreses were observed in Malta (-3.1%). In November retail trade decreased by 0.4% and 0.2% respectively.
Berlin (dpa) - Retail sales in the 17-member eurozone fell in December, bringing to an end a downbeat year for the region?s retailers, data released Friday showed.The European Union?s statistics office Eurostat said the volume of retail trade in the currency bloc declined by 0.4 per cent month-on-month in December, after falling by the same amount in November. Analysts had expected the data to ...
The Japanese annualized retail trade for December rose to 2.5%, compared with the prior reading of 2.3%, also it exceeded expectations of 2.1%.On the other hand, the monthly seasonally adjusted reading for the retail trade in December rose to 1.8% compared with the prior declined reading of -2.1%, a.
