DUBLIN, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Irish retail sales volumes
rose 0.1% month-on-month in January and were 3% higher than the
same period a year ago when the economy was under the final set
of COVID-19 restrictions, Central Statistics Office data showed
on Tuesday
With inflation falling slowly from a 40-year high of more
than 9% reached last October, the value of retail sales were
0.2% lower last month than in December and 10.5% higher than
January 2022.
Final data for 2022 showed that retail sales volumes fell by
0.6% for the year as whole after bouncing back sharply in 2021
from the original COVID-19 shock, while the value of those sales
jumped 7.6%.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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