SAO PAULO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Retail sales volumes in
Brazil fell 2.6% in December from November ,
government statistics agency IBGE said on Thursday, well below
expectations of a 0.7% drop in a Reuters poll of economists.
On a yearly basis , retail sales in Latin
America's largest economy were up 0.4% in December, also missing
market forecast of a 2.4% rise.
(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo and Camila Moreira; Editing by
Steven Grattan)
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