December 2015 Eurozone retail sales 0.3% vs 0.3% exp m/m

Highlights of the December 2015 Eurozone retail sales data report 3 January 2016

• Prior -0.3%
• 1.4% vs 1.5% exp y/y. Prior 1.4%. Revised to 1.6%
• EU 28 states 0.1% vs 0.3% prior m/m
• 2.0% vs 2.7% prior y/y

No surprises here as European consumers remain thrifty.

I'm not sure why they bother running the report considering half of it hasn't been counted yet.

Retail sales details

Eurozone retail sales y/y