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Strong retail sales stoke rate rise speculation

Sydney : Australia | about 1 month ago  
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Sales increased 0.9 per cent compared to the month before (seasonally adjusted) to reach $19.81 billion. That is also more than a billion dollars higher than sales in August last year. The median economist forecast was for a more modest rise in retail sales of 0.5 per cent in August, after a 0.9 per cent...
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