(Reuters) – Italian retail sales fell 0.2% in December from the month before, data showed on Wednesday, following a 0.8% rise in November.
Sales rose 3.4% in unadjusted year-on-year terms in December, ISTAT said.
The data are expressed in value terms and are not adjusted for consumer prices, which increased 12.3% in December from the year earlier, based on Italy’s EU-harmonised index (HICP).
ISTAT gave the following data:
DEC NOV OCT
Mth/Mth change* -0.2 +0.8 -0.4r
Yr/yr change** +3.4 +4.4 +1.2
Food sales (m/m) +0.1 +0.6 -0.1
Non-food sales (m/m) -0.4 +0.9r -0.5
*seasonally adjusted
**unadjusted
r=revised
(Reporting by Chiara Scarciglia, editing by Antonella Cinelli)
