Baku. Vahab Rzayev – APA-Economics. Retail Sales Index (RSI) made 98.3% in August 2013, down 1.9 percentage points compared to July.
RSI is calculated as a comparison between the sales value and previous month’s indexes. Total retail turnover made
As it seems, the index dropped below 100%, which shows that retail trade slipped in monthly comparison.
Note that, in January-August, the volume of retail trade made