The start date for seasonal adjustment of three electronic card transactions series has been changed from January 2001 to October 2002. This one-off adjustment will not affect the length of the published series but will give these (seasonally adjusted and trend series) a more consistent quality. A temporary outcome of this change may be slightly larger revisions than normal in the early parts of the series. In future releases, revisions will revert to their usual pattern of occurring primarily in the most recent data. The time series affected are:
- ETDM.S19S1
- ETDM.S19T1
- ETDM.S19S2
- ETDM.S19T2
- ETDM.S19S9
- ETDM.S19T9
Latest seasonally adjusted movements in the Retail Trade Survey compared with ECT data, as first published:
- retail trade sales increased 0.2 percent in September 2009
- retail ECT series increased 0.7 percent in September 2009
- core retail trade sales were unchanged in September 2009
- core retail ECT series increased 0.4 percent in September 2009.
Latest movement in the Food Price Index:
- the Food Price Index fell 1.5 percent in October 2009.
Latest movement in the Consumers Price Index:
- the Consumers Price Index rose 1.3 percent in the September 2009 quarter.
Latest movement in credit card billings, as issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand:
- credit card billings decreased 3.9 percent in October 2009 compared with October 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 Yannick Monteyne
Christchurch 03 964 8700
Email: info@stats.govt.nz.
Next release ...
Electronic Card Transactions: December 2009 will be released on 15 January 2010.