Snapshot for Eurostat Retail Sales Volume Eurozone MoM SA (RSSAEMUM)

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The index of deflated turnover for retail trade shows the monthly activity in volume of Retail Trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It is calculated either as turnover at current prices deflated by the deflator of sales, or as a quantity index derived directly from the quantity of goods sold. The deflator of sales in retail trade is a deflator of the goods sold and not of the service provided. Data are compiled according to the Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community, (NACE Rev.2, Eurostat 2006). Deflated turnover for retail trade are compiled as a "fixed base year Laspeyres type volume-index". The current base year is 2005 (Index 2005=100). The index is presented in calendar and seasonally adjusted form. Growth rates with respect to the previous month (M/M-1) are calculated from calendar and seasonally adjusted figures while growth rates with respect to the same month of the previous year (M/M-12) are calculated from calendar adjusted figures.