Summary
The retail trade turnover index (seasonally adjusted and at constant prices) registered a year-on-year change rate of  -0.1% in August 2013 (-1.6% in the previous month). In August, the year-on-year change rates of the indices of employment, number of hours worked adjusted for working days and wages and salaries were -4.0%, -5.3% and  5.3%, respectively (-4.5%, -5.8% and -5.9% in July, by the same order).