Significant decrease in retail sales in the euro area

After August's, moderate increase, retail sales decreased in the euro area in September – said Eurostat on Monday.

The monthly retail sales in September decreased by 0.7 percent, after August's 0.1 percent increase. The analysts' preliminary expectations were of stagnation. The retail sales of the entire European Union, fell by 0.3 percent on a monthly basis – reports ProfitLine.hu.