Retail sales for December 0.3% up seasonally ajustedABS: The...

Retail sales for December 0.3% up seasonally ajusted
ABS:
The trend estimate was relatively unchanged (0.0%) in November 2010. This follows a similarly unchanged estimate (0.0%) in October 2010 and a rise of 0.1% in September 2010.
The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.3% in November 2010. This follows a revised fall of 0.8% in October 2010 and a rise of 0.1% in September 2010.
In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 2.3% in November 2010 compared with November 2009.
The following industries rose in trend terms in November 2010: Food retailing (0.1%), Household goods retailing (0.3%) and Other retailing (0.1%). Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (-0.5%), Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (-0.8%) and Department stores (-0.2%) fell in trend terms in November 2010.
The following states and territories rose in trend terms in November 2010: Victoria (0.2%), Western Australia (0.3%), the Australian Capital Territory (0.3%) and Tasmania (0.1%). New South Wales (-0.3%), Queensland (-0.1%), the Northern Territory (-1.1%) and South Australia (-0.1%) fell in trend terms in November 2010.


NOTES


REVISIONS

There are no revisions to the original estimates. Revisions to seasonally adjusted estimates are due to the concurrent methodology for deriving seasonal factors.