Indeed, euro-zone retail sales rose by a faster than-expected 2.8% in the year to April. Even German consumer spending is picking up, helped by the World Cup.

实际上自年初至4月份，欧元区零售额增长达到超过预期的2.8％，甚至德国的消费支出也在世界杯的作用下开始增长。

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And those projections might be overly optimistic: retail sales in the euro zone have declined for five consecutive months.

而考虑到欧元区零售业销售额已经连续五个月下降，就算这种预测可能也过于乐观了。

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Retail sales in the euro zone fell by 3.1% in the year to June.

欧元区零售额到今年六月为止下降了3.1％。

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The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development will release their global growth forecast figures on Tuesday, along with U.S. existing home sales and Euro zone consumer confidence survey results.

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