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Retail Trade
After decreasing in December 2018, the month-on-month retail trade index grew by 0.5% in value terms and by 0.6% in volume terms in January 2019. In the three months to January 2019, value and volume of retail trade slightly rose by 0.1% and 0.2% respectively. The year-on-year estimates showed an increase at 1.3% in value terms and a growth at 1.5% in the quantity sold. Estimates for large scale distribution showed the strongest growth year-on-year since March 2018, increasing by 2.8%. Small scale distribution continued its recent decline (-0.8% when compared with the same month a year earlier). In January 2019, ... (full story)