Press release No. 035 of 31 January 2019
Retail turnover, December 2018
-4.3% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
-4.8% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
-2.1% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
-1.2% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data, turnover in retail trade in December 2018 decreased by 2.1% in real terms and 1.2% in nominal terms from December 2017. The number of days open for sale was 24 both in December 2018 and December 2017.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the December 2018 turnover was in real terms 4.3% and in nominal terms 4.8% smaller than in November 2018.
