Latest seasonally adjusted movements in the Retail Trade Survey compared with ECT data, as first published:
- retail trade sales increased 0.8 percent in January 2010
- retail ECT series increased 0.5 percent in January 2010
- core retail trade sales increased 0.3 percent in January 2010
- core retail ECT series decreased 0.1 percent in January 2010.
Latest movement in the food price index:
- the food price index fell 1.3 percent in February 2010.
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 increased 1.0 percent in February 2010 compared with February 2009.
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: April 2010 will be released on 11 May 2010.