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Europe Economy: 
German Retail Sales Drop 0.1% in March
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Last Update: 7:53 AM EDT May 02 2008


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According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office, turnover in retail trade in Germany in March 2008 was in nominal terms 3.7% and in real terms 6.3% smaller than that of the corresponding month of the previous year.

 
This is the unedited press release from Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland


WIESBADEN – According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), turnover in retail trade in Germany in March 2008 was in nominal terms 3.7% and in real terms 6.3% smaller than that of the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 24 in March 2008 and 27 in March 2007.

When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (CENSUS-X-12-ARIMA), the March turnover was in nominal terms equal to that (0.0%) and in real terms 0.1% smaller than that of the preceding month.

Compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, retail turnover was in the first three months 2008 in nominal terms 1.3% larger and in real terms 1.2% smaller than that in the first three months of 2007.


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