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German Retail turnover in June 2014: +0.4% in real terms on June 2013
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in June 2014 in Germany increased 0.4% in real terms and 0.6% in nominal terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 24 in June 2014 and 25 in June 2013. When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the June turnover was in real terms 1.3% and nominal terms 1.5% larger than that in May 2014. Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first six months of 2014 in real terms 1.5% and in nominal terms 2.1% larger than ... (full story)