Germany: Annual Retail Sales rise 1.8% in April

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland reported today that year-over-year German Retail Sales increased 1.8% in April, compared with the 2.5% decrease in March, above forecasts of +0.8%.

On a monthly basis German Retail Sales fell 0.4% in April, down from the 0.1% decline in March and against expectations of growing 0.2%.