- Prior 0.6%. Revised to 0.7%
- 2.8% vs 2.0% exp y/y. Prior 1.5% revised to 1.6%
- EU 28 states 0.3% vs 0.9% prior m/m
- 3.2% vs 2.6% prior y/y
Looks like petrol and special stores (whatever the hell those are) led what little sales there were . They rose 2.3% vs 0.2% prior y/y in the EZ and 2.1% vs 0.1% prior in the 28 states.
Europe wasn’t exactly in a festive spending mood it seems. Only Belgium, Ireland and Austria pushed the boat out at the shops in December.
Eurozone retail sales 04 02 2015
Not to worry though, nine months of ECB QE will see everyone flooding to the shops with bursting wallets next Christmas
Eurozone retail sales mm yy 04 02 2015
As is usual of late the euro ignores the data and drops from 1.1458 to 1.1447
