October 7 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's retail sales growth accelerated to 5.4% year-on-year in August from a revised 2.3%, a month earlier, preliminary data from the country’s statistics institute, NSI, showed on Friday.
On a seasonally-adjusted monthly comparison basis, the retail trade turnover expanded by 0.9% in August after a revised increase by 1.3% in July, the data indicated.
Details follow (pct change):
|
Aug'16 y/y |
July'16 y/y |
Aug'16 m/m |
July'16 m/m |
Retail sales |
5.4 |
2.3 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
- food |
8.7 |
7.3 |
-0.5 |
-0.3 |
- non-food |
2.6 |
-1.8 |
1.1 |
-0.8 |
- fuel |
4.6 |
3.6 |
-0.2 |
-0.7 |
Source: NSI
The NSI revised the July retail sales from initially reported 2.2% growth on a year on year basis and unchanged monthly figure.