Retail sales inch up

The Central Statistical Office (GUS) said that the volume of retail sales in Poland rose by 2.9 percent in constant prices year-on-year in September. In month-on-month terms, retail trade recorded a drop of 0.1 percent. Analysts polled by the Polish Press Agency (PAP) said that retail sales grew by 1.2 percent y/y and 0.9 percent m/m, while those surveyed by ISBNews set the consensus at 1.93 percent y/y.