Retail sales rebound despite falling house prices

Friday 5 October 2018

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released retail sales figures for the month of August, which registered 0.3% seasonally-adjusted growth over the month with annual sales growth firming to 3.8%:

In trend terms, annual retail sales growth also firmed to 3.4%. The below chart maps out seasonally-adjusted sales growth by segment on a monthly and annual basis:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.