Slovak retail sales rose by a real 7.6 percent year-on-year in October, slowing down from an 10.6 percent annual increase in September, data from the Slovak Statistics Office released on Wednesday showed. SELECTED SECTOR SALES OCT 06 SEPT 06 OCT 05 JAN-DEC 05 (pct change yr/yr) Retail sales +7.6 +10.6 +14.4 +9.7 Hotels and restaurants +8.0 +9.3 +0.5 0.0 Vehicle sales and maintenance +17.9 +16.5 +6.9 +5.9 NOTE: Analysts in a Reuters survey earlier this month had expected retail sales to have risen by 8.6 percent in October. (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) ((For past economic data and analysts' forecasts, double click on )) ((Editing by Alan Crosby; martin.santa@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; +421 2 5341 8402)) Keywords: SLOVAKIA RETAIL/
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