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Italy retail sales fall 0.5% m/m in March
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May 7 (Reuters) - Italian retail sales fell 0.5% in March from the month before, data showed on Wednesday, following a 0.1% rise in February.
Sales fell 2.8% in unadjusted year-on-year terms in March, ISTAT said.
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The data are expressed in value terms and are not adjusted for consumer prices, which increased 2.1% in March from the year earlier, based on Italy's EU-harmonised index(HICP).
ISTAT gave the following data:
Mar
Feb
Jan
Mth/Mth change*
-0.5
+0.1
-0.4
Yr/yr change**
-2.8
-1.4r
+0.9
Food sales (m/m)
-0.5
+0.2r
-0.4r
Non-food sales (m/m)
-0.3
0.0
-0.5
*seasonally adjusted
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**unadjusted
r=revised
Reporting by Enrico Sciacovelli, editing by Valentina Consiglio
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