Latest seasonally adjusted movements in the Retail Trade Survey compared with ECT data, as first published:
- retail trade sales increased 0.8 percent in November 2009
- retail ECT series increased 0.7 percent in November 2009
- core retail trade sales increased 0.8 percent in November 2009
- core retail ECT series increased 0.3 percent in November 2009.
Latest movement in the food price index:
- the food price index fell 0.3 percent in December 2009.
Latest movement in the consumers price index:
- the consumers price index fell 0.2 percent in the December 2009 quarter.
Latest movement in credit card billings, as issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand:
- credit card billings decreased 0.4 percent in December 2009 compared with December 2008.
Previous releases of electronic card transactions data are available on the Statistics NZ website (www.stats.govt.nz).
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Next release ...
Electronic Card Transactions: February 2010 will be released on 9 March 2010.