Germany’s inflation-adjusted retail sales fell 2% in September, a sharp reversal from August’s revised gain, even as the country recorded economic growth in the third quarter.
Destatis, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, said preliminary calendar- and seasonally adjusted real sales fell 2.0% from August. Nominal sales slipped 1.5% month over month. Destatis revised August’s real-sales increase to 1.2%.
Compared with September 2025, real sales were 2.3% lower, while nominal sales were 1.2% higher.
Eurostat’s preliminary flash estimate put euro-area gross domestic product growth at 0.4% quarter over quarter in the third quarter of 2026. Destatis reported that Germany’s economy grew 0.2% over the same period.
FXStreet reported EUR/GBP near 0.8345 at 2:10 a.m. ET (07:10 UTC) Monday, after the pair pulled back from an earlier gain.
The Bank of England’s next policy announcement is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 5. The central bank lists its Bank Rate at 3.75%.
