Saturday, May 30, 2015

Retail trade accelerates in April – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

The turnover index in retail trade recorded an annual increase of 3.5% in April, which represents an increase compared to 1.8% in March. The employment index in retail trade kept year growth seen in March.

The turnover index in retail trade accelerated in April. According to data released this Friday, May 29, the National Statistics Institute (INE) this indicator registered an annual rise of 3.5% in the fourth month of 2015, representing an increase of 1.7 points percentage compared to March.

According explains the statistics office, this behavior “reflected the evolution of the indexes of both groups, food and non-food products, which had positive annual changes in April 0.7 % and 5.7%. “

Already employment in retail trade remained April the same year change that in March, ie 1.2%.

” The salaries index in retail trade recorded an annual increase of 3.1% (range 3.3% in March), “the INE.

On the other hand,” the annual change volume work in retail trade, measured by hours worked index adjusted for calendar effects, was 0.1% in April (range, 1.8% in the previous month). “

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