Summary
The retail trade turnover index (seasonally adjusted and at constant prices) registered a year-on-year change rate of  -3.5% in May 2013 (-2.1% in the previous month). In May, the year-on-year change rates of the indices of employment, of the number of hours worked adjusted for working days and of wages and salaries were -4.8%, -4.3% and -8.0%, respectively (-4.9%, -6.9% and -6.3% in April, by the same order).