Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Hong Kong November retail sales fall for 21st straight month

Jan 3 (Reuters) - November retail sales data

(percent change from a year earlier):



Nov Oct Sep Aug July June May

Value -5.5 -2.9 -4.0 -10.5 -7.7 -8.9 -8.3

Volume -5.6 -2.7 -3.8 -11.0 -7.0 -7.9 -7.3



CONTEXT:

-- In the three months through November, the volume of sales

rose 4.7 percent, seasonally adjusted, from the preceding three

months.



COMMENTARY:

A government spokesman indicated that retail sales saw a

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