German retail sales fell more than expected in July on a monthly basis, provisional data from the Federal Statistical Office showed.
Real retail trade dropped by 2.2% month over month in July after calendar and seasonal adjustments, having climbed to a revised 3% in June, data showed.
The consensus estimate of economists polled by Econoday was for a 1.1% monthly drop in July.
Year over year, real retail sales grew by 4.4% in July.
For the first seven months of 2019, German retail sales grew 2.8% in real terms and 3.5% in nominal terms year over year.
