Lacklustre lift in August retail trade

Australian retail sales lifted a modest 0.2 per cent last month as consumers reined in spending in response to cost of living pressures. The 0.2 per cent increase in August follows a 0.5 per cent uptick in July, as recorded by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In June, retail trade sunk 0.8 per cent.  ABS head […]

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