German retail sales unexpectedly fall in March

May 2, 2022 2:11 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: People with protective face masks walk at Kurfurstendamm shopping boulevard, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - German retail sales fell unexpectedly in March as the war in Ukraine leads to price increases, data showed on Monday. The Federal Statistics Office said retail sales were down 0.1% on the month in real terms. A Reuters forecast had predicted an increase of 0.3%.

(Reporting by Miranda Murray, editing by Kirsti Knolle)



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