Contraction of U.K. retail sales exceeds forecasts

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U.K. retail sales dropped by 0.8% since September, Office for National Statistics said on Thursday. The actual number exceeded economists forecast, which was 0.1% decline. Sales contraction is mainly influenced by demand decrease for food, which has 41% share of retail sales. Consumers face difficulties to spend more, as inflation increases and economy is struggling.
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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:37:42 GMT

Italian economy contracts by 0.2%

Italian domestic product was lower by 0.2% comparing with the second quarter, when it shrunk by 0.7%, as the National Statistics Institute Istat announced on Thursday. The economy contracted less than economists estimation, which median was 0.5% according to a Bloomberg survey. However, that was the fifth quarter as economy shrunk and Italy entered the second year of recession.

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