DUBLIN, April 28 (Reuters) - Annual Irish retail sales
volumes rose at the fastest pace in over a year last month,
jumping 8.6% on a surge in car sales, Central Statistics Office
data showed on Friday.
When a 30.7% year-on-year increase in motor trades was
excluded, retail sales rose by 0.3% month-on-month compared with
a headline monthly increase of 2% and were just 0.6% higher than
March 2022.
With inflation running at around 7% last month, the value of
retail sales were 1.8% higher in March than in February and
14.9% higher year-on-year.
(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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