Press release No. 237 of 29 June 2018
Retail turnover, May 2018
- –2.1% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
- –1.7% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
- –1.6% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
- +0.2% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in May 2018 was in real terms 1.6% smaller and in nominal terms 0.2% larger than in May 2017. The number of days open for sale was 24 in May 2018 and 25 in May 2017.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first five months of 2018 in real terms 1.0% and in nominal terms 2.5% larger than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the May turnover was in real terms 2.1% and in nominal terms 1.7% lower than that in April 2018.
