date:Aug 21, 2013
Retail sales in Brazil grew slightly in June despite massive protests on-going in the entire country that month. Sales grew by 0.5% compared to May's data, according to the Government's statistics service IBGE.
The growth was expected to reach 0.65%, according to the average of the prospects from 22 economic analysts, with predictions oscillating between a 0.2% drop and a 1.8% growth.
Nevertheless, the data showed that supermarket sales dropped for the fourth time in five months, given the rec