Latest seasonally adjusted movements in the Retail Trade Survey compared with ECT data, as first published:
- retail trade sales showed no movement in December 2009
- retail ECT series increased 0.7 percent in December 2009
- core retail trade sales decreased 1.8 percent in December 2009
- core retail ECT series increased 0.4 percent in December 2009.
Latest movement in the food price index:
- the food price index rose 2.1 percent in January 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 decreased 0.2 percent in January 2010 compared with January 2009.
Previous releases of electronic card transactions data are available on the Statistics NZ website (www.stats.govt.nz).
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Christchurch 03 964 8700
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Next release ...
Electronic Card Transactions: March 2010 will be released on 13 April 2010.