Retail sales drop 0.4% in December
In another sign of a weakening economy, retail sales ended the year on a sour note, dropping 0.4% in December, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
Spanish real retail sales fell 7.5% at constant prices, or 2.6% at current prices, in the 12 months to August, the National Statistics Institute said on Monday, overshooting the expected decline by 0.3 percentage points.