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Retail Sales See Sharpest Fall on Record

GERMAN DATA
MNI (London)

GERMANY JUN SA RETAIL SALES -1.6% M/M, -8.8% Y/Y

  • German retail trade contracted by -1.6% m/m and -8.8% y/y in June. The year-on-year plunge was again weaker than expectations and the largest recorded since the series began in 1994.
  • Food sales fell by -1.6% m/m in June and by -7.2% y/y, and the +11.9% y/y food price inflation remains largely to blame.
  • Following Friday's GDP data which saw the German economy stall in Q2.
  • The continued effects of supply chain disruptions, concerns regarding the Ukraine war and global inflationary pressures have generated a substantial slowdown for the German economy.
  • This data confirms concerns are spilling over into retail demand, with consumer confidence currently sitting at a historic low, underlining the ECB's dilemma as soaring inflation and a sharply slowing economy impinge on policymaking.

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