Retail sales up by 3% in March - GUS

The volume of retail sales in Poland rose by 3.0 percent year-on-year in March, according to the Central Statistical Office (GUS). In month-on-month terms, retail trade recorded a seasonal increase of 17.4 percent. When calculated in real terms (constant prices) retail sales grew by 6.6 percent y/y, GUS also said. Economists surveyed by the Polish Press Agency expected retail trade to grow by a maximum of 6.6 percent y/y and 15.6 percent m/m.