Australia: Retail sales grew 0.4% in June – ANZ

Sandeep Kanihama FXStreet Contributor

ANZ analysts note that the Australia’s retail sales grew 0.4% m/m in June, in line with their expectations and slightly stronger than the market’s expectations, which brought quarterly sales growth to 0.6% in nominal terms.

Key Quotes

“Nominal q/q results in retail have hovered between 0.6% and 0.7% for the last four quarters.”

“Volume growth was modest at 0.2% q/q – the fourth very weak quarter in a row. Another jump in food prices, reflecting dry conditions across key agricultural regions in Australia, was a key reason for the divergence between nominal and real growth rates. Annual volume growth was 0.2% y/y, the lowest result since 1991, when Australia was last in recession. To emphasise how weak, per capita retail sales were sharply negative.”

“Retail volumes decreased in annual terms in NSW, Tas, WA and the NT, while Vic and Qld were the only states to see noteworthy volume growth (1.4% y/y and 2.7% y/y respectively).”

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Sandeep Kanihama

FXStreet Contributor

Sandeep Kanihama is an FX Editor and Analyst with FXstreet having principally focus area on Asia and European markets with commodity, currency and equities coverage. He is stationed in the Indian capital city of Delhi.

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