Retail trade down 0.1% in Nov
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AAP
2013-01-09
Australian retail spending fell 0.1 per cent in November, official figures show.
Retail trade fell in the month to a seasonally adjusted $21.533 billion, compared to a downwardly revised $21.547 billion in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
Economists had been forecasting a rise of 0.3 per cent for November.