South Africa’s retail sales rise 5.5% year-on-year in August
October 18, 20171.4K views0 comments
South African retail sales rose by 5.5 percent year-on-year in August, beating market expectations, after increasing by a revised 1.6 percent in July, data from the statistics office showed on Wednesday.
Reuters analysts had forecasted a 2.3 percent year-on-year increase in retail sales in August.
On a month-on-month basis, sales were up 2.4 percent and rose 3.4 percent in the three months to August compared with the same period last year, Statistics South Africa said.
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