Figures are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise stated.
Latest movements in the Retail Trade Survey compared with ECT data, as first published:
- retail trade sales decreased 1.0 percent in December 2008
- retail ECT series decreased 0.5 percent in December 2008
- core retail trade sales decreased 0.6 percent in December 2008
- core retail ECT series increased 0.2 percent in December 2008.
Latest movement in the Food Price Index:
- the Food Price Index was up 0.8 percent in January 2009.
Latest movement in the Consumers Price Index:
- the Consumers Price Index fell 0.5 percent in the December 2008 quarter.
Latest movement in credit card billings, as issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand:
- Actual (not seasonally adjusted) credit card billings decreased 6.6 percent in January 2009 compared with January 2008.
Previous releases of Electronic Card Transactions data are available on the Statistics NZ website (www.stats.govt.nz).
For technical enquiries, contact:
Robin Loomes or Henry Minish
Christchurch 03 964 8700
Email: info@stats.govt.nz
Next release ...
Electronic Card Transactions: March 2009 will be released on 9 April 2009.