German Retail Sales rise by 7.0% YoY in February, beat estimates

German Retail Sales arrived at 7.0% YoY in February vs. 6.1% expected.
Retail Sales in Germany stood at 0.3% MoM in February vs. 0.5% expected.

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Germany's Retail Sales rose by 0.3% MoM in February versus 0.5% expected and 0% last, the official figures released by Destatis showed on Thursday.

On an annualized basis, the bloc’s Retail Sales came in at 7.0% in February versus 6.1% expected and 10.4% booked in January.

FX implications

The euro is little changed on the mixed German data. At time of going to press, the major trades at 1.1168, up 0.10% on the day.

About German Retail Sales

The Retail Sales released by the Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland is a measure of changes in sales of the German retail sector. It shows the performance of the retail sector in the short term. Percent changes reflect the rate of changes of such sales. The changes are widely followed as an indicator of consumer spending. The positive economic growth is usually anticipated as "bullish" for the EUR, while a low reading is seen as negative, or bearish, for the EUR.

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Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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