INSTANT VIEW 1-Czech retail sales growth slows in April

...expectations, data showed on Monday. 
 
KEY POINTS: 
(change in percent)      April      March       April forecast 
RETAIL SALES (y/y)        8.1       10.5        10.0 
 
(Click on [ID:nPRA001357] for full table of April retail sales) 
 
- The headline, unadjusted figure includes car sales and 
repairs, fuel sales and spending on a variety of consumer goods, 
including foodstuffs. 
- Seasonally-adjusted sales including the auto segment fall by a 
real 0.8 percent month-on-month in April and drop 0.2 percent 
excluding the auto segment. 
- Ex-autos, retail sales up 7.5 percent year-on-year in real and 
seasonally adjusted terms. 
 
BACKGROUND: 
- May consumer inflation                         [ID:nL08529664] 
                                                 [ID:nL08216043] 
- April industrial output figures                [ID:nL12369927] 
- Report on last Czech c.bank rate decision      [ID:nPRA001319] 
                                 [ID:nL31276683] [ID:nL31320495] 
 
LINKS: 
- For further details on April retail sales and past data, 
Reuters 3000 Xtra users can click on the Czech Statistical 
Bureau's website: 
    http://www.czso.cz/eng/csu.nsf/kalendar/2004-slu 
 
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  Keywords: CZECH RETAIL/