Italy July retail sales down 0.3 pct yr-on-yr
Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:06:19 AM
ROME (AFX) - Retail sales fell 0.3 pct year-on-year in July, the statistics office ISTAT said
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French Aug final CPI down 0.3 pct from July vs provisional 0.3 pct rise
Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:04:41 AM
PARIS (AFX) - The French final consumer prices index for August showed a 0.3 pct fall compared with provisional estimates giving a 0.3 pct increase, according to figures from the Insee statistics office. Economists polled by AFX News had been expecting a 0.2 pct rise.
Compared with the same month last year CPI was up 2.4 pct, unchanged from provisional estimates. Underlying 'core' inflation, which excludes products with either regulated or highly-volatile prices, rose 0.4 pct in August, from July. Food and tobacco prices alone were down 1.2 pct month-on-month, unchanged from provisional data, manufactured goods prices rose 0.9 pct, also unchanged while services prices declined 0.1 pct month-on-month after provisional date showed no change.
The harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) calculated to allow comparison with other EU members was up 0.2 pct month-on-month, while increasing 2.5 pct year-on-year |
