The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released retail sales figures for the month of July, which recorded a 0.4% rise in retail sales over the month in seasonally-adjusted terms, with annual sales growth rebounding to just 2.6%:
In trend terms, annual retail sales growth slowed to 2.3%.
The below chart maps out nominal seasonally-adjusted sales growth by segment on a monthly and annual basis, which shows significant variation over the year:
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