Germany February retail sales m/m -0.7% vs +0.7% expected

Latest data released by Destatis - 3 April 2018

• Prior m/m -0.7%; revised to -0.3%
• Retail sales y/y +1.3% vs +2.4% expected
• Prior y/y +2.3%; revised to +2.5%

Bloomberg headline reported -0.3% m/m initially, revised to -0.7% m/m according to source figures.

Not the most significant of data points, but a slump in retail sentiment in one of the Eurozone's larger economies - though the data point is known to be a bit volatile.