JOHANNESBURG, April 18 (Reuters) – Growth in South Africa’s
retail sales jumped to 7.2 percent on an annual basis at
constant prices in February from a revised 4.2 percent in
January, Statistics South Africa said on Wednesday.
On a monthly basis sales contracted 2.2 percent in February
and were up 6.9 percent in the three months to February compared
with the same period a year ago, also at constant prices.
Economists polled by Reuters expected sales at 4.8 percent in
February.
(Reporting by Xola Potelwa; Editing by Ed Cropley)
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