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German Retail turnover in February 2015: +3.6% in real terms on February 2014
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in February 2014 in Germany increased 3.6% in real terms and 2.8% in nominal terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 24 in February 2015 and 24 in February 2014, too. When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the February turnover was in real terms 0.5% and in nominal terms 0.2% smaller than in January 2015. Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first two months of 2015 in real terms 4.3% and in ... (full story)