Nov 8 (Reuters) – Italian retail sales rose 1.2% in September from the month before, data showed on Friday, following a 0.3%
fall in August.
National statistics institute ISTAT marginally revised up August’s data from an originally reported 0.5% drop.
Sales rose 0.7% in unadjusted year-on-year terms in September, ISTAT said.
The data are expressed in value terms and are not adjusted for consumer prices, which increased 0.7% in September from the year earlier, based on Italy’s EU-harmonised index (HICP).
ISTAT gave the following data:
*seasonally adjusted
**unadjusted
r=revised
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Reporting by Enrico Sciacovelli, editing by Antonella Cinelli
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