September 2015 Eurozone retail sales -0.1% vs 0.2% exp m/m

September 2015 Eurozone retail sales data report

• Prior 0.0%
• 2.9% vs 3.0% exp y/y. Prior 2.3%. Revised to 2.2%
• EU 28 states 0.3% vs 0.0% prior m/m
• 3.7% vs 2.6% prior y/y

First drop in retail sales for 6 months as food and drinks suffered a sharp decline. Auto fuel spend was flat in Sep after a 1.6% rise the month before

Still, Europe may have had a bad month but we're in a far better place than we have been

Eurozone retail sales y/y