TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese retail sales dropped 2.8% in July from a year earlier, compared with a median market forecast for a 1.7% decrease, government data showed on Monday.
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(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto; Writing by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Chris Gallagher)