January retail sales in the eurozone

Eurozone’s retail sales increased by 1.2 percent year-on-year in January 2017, following an upwardly revised 1.2 percent growth in December and missing market expectations of an 1.6 percent gain.

Retail Sales in the Euro Area averaged 1.05 percent from 1996 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 5 percent in November of 1998 and a record low of -4.60 percent in February of 2009. (MTI)