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Germany's retail sales grew at the fastest pace in seven months in November, exceeding economists' expectations, preliminary data from Destatis showed on Monday.
Retail sales rose a calendar and seasonally adjusted 1.4 percent from October, when they edged up 0.1 percent, revised from a 0.3 percent fall.
Economists had expected a 0.4 percent increase.
On a year-on-year basis, retail sales increased 1.1 percent in November after a 5.2 percent rise in October, revised from 5 percent.
Economists were looking for a 0.4 percent fall.