Euro zone retail sales weaker than
expected in January
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[March 06, 2023]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone retail sales rebounded much less
than expected month-on-month in January and were still lower than 12
months earlier, underlining the weakness of consumer demand in euro zone
and the broader economic slowdown, data showed on Monday. |
People walk past a store in the pedestrian
zone, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Munich,
Germany, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Lukas Barth |
The European Union's statistics office Eurostat said retail
sales in the 20 countries sharing the euro rose 0.3%
month-on-month in January for a 2.3% year-on-year decline.
This fell well short of expectations of economists polled by
Reuters, who forecast a 1.0% month-on-month rise and a 1.8%
year-on-year fall.
Economists see retail sales as a good proxy indicator for
consumer demand, which has suffered because of rampant
inflation, triggered mainly by rising energy and food prices,
but also seeping into other sectors of the economy.
(Reporting by Jan Strupczewski)
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