Economic Indicators

Retail Trade

Domestic developments in retail trade across industry groups and states.

This page contains publications on both monthly and quarterly retail trade numbers. The monthly notes discuss developments in the value of sales across industry groups and states, while the quarterly notes contain additional information about real (price-adjusted) retail trade, as well as retail prices.

  • 01 Oct 2024 Retail Trade August 2024

    Retail trade rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% in August, almost double the 0.4% pencilled in by the market consensus. The August increase followed an upwardly revised uptick to 0.1% in July (initially estimated at 0.0%).

  • 30 Aug 2024 Retail Trade July 2024

    Seasonally adjusted retail trade was flat in July, against market expectations of a 0.3% gain. The annual rate of growth in retail sales slowed to a two-month low of 2.3%. Trend growth, which looks through the short-term volatility, slowed to 0.2% in the month, but remained steady at 2.2% through the year.

  • 31 Jul 2024 Retail Trade June 2024

    Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.5% in June (exp. 0.2%), following a 0.6% increase in May, pushing the annual growth rate from 1.7% to a 13-month high of 2.9%. Monthly trend growth, which looks through the short-term volatility, was steady at 0.2%.

  • 03 Jul 2024 Retail Trade May 2024

    Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6% in May, somewhat more than the 0.3% expected by the market consensus.

  • 28 May 2024 Retail Trade April 2024

    Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in April, somewhat less than the 0.2% expected by market participants. The annual rate of growth in retail sales picked up to 0.4ppts to the still low 1.3% in April.

  • 07 May 2024 Retail Trade Q1 2024

    Retail sales volumes declined a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in Q1, somewhat more than the 0.3% pencilled in by consensus, reversing the upwardly adjusted gain of 0.4% from Q4 2023 (originally +0.3%).

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