(Finance) – More than expectations increase the Retail sales in the United Kingdom. According to the Office for National Statistics, retail sales have marked a January 2025 A climb of 1.7% on a monthly basisafter the -0.6% recorded in December and +0.4% estimated by the consensus.
On an annual basis There is a positive change of 1%, also in this case above the expectations ( +0.6%) and after +2.8%of December.
The Core retail saleswhich exclude fuels, have risen by 2.1% on the month, (+0.9% expected) after -0.9% of the previous month. On the year, the core data marked a +1.2% compared to the previous +2.1% ( +0.5% expected).
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