Germany September retail sales -0.8% vs +0.5% m/m expected

<ul><li>Prior -1.2%</li></ul><p>It seems like you can always count on German retail sales to disappoint estimates these days. It is once again another monthly decline and exemplifies the negative traction among consumption activity and domestic demand. But this is all part of Q3 data, which surprisingly wasn't as bad as feared as seen <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/news/germany-q3-preliminary-gdp-01-vs-03-qq-expected-20231030/#:~:text=Honestly%2C%20anything%20other%20than%20a,least%20based%20on%20initial%20estimates." target="_blank" rel="follow">here</a>.</p>

This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.