Euro zone December retail sales flat m/m

Euro zone retail sales have come in at flat m/m, -1.6% y/y compared to median forecasts of +0.4%, -2.5% respectively.

However, November’s data has been revised upward, to -0.5% m/m and -2.0% y/y from previous -1.2%, -4.0% respectively.

EUR/USD steady around 1.4015.