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German Retail turnover in April 2015: +1.0% in real terms on April 2014
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in April 2015 in Germany increased 1.0% in real terms and 1.3% in nominal terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 24 in April 2015 and 24 in April 2014, too. When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the April turnover was in real terms 1.7% and in nominal terms 2.4% larger than in March 2015. Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first four months of 2015 in real terms 3.1% and in nominal terms 2.6% ... (full story)