Australia December Retail Sales Seasonally Adjusted: (Table)

By Daniel Petrie

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 3.8 percent in December from the previous month, seasonally adjusted, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Sydney.

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                          Dec.    Nov.    Oct.   Sept.    Aug.    July    June
                          2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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                         ----------------------- MoM% -----------------------
Total                      3.8%    0.4%    1.0%   -1.6%    0.5%    1.9%   -1.0%
Food                      1.4%    1.8%    0.7%   -1.4%    3.2%    0.8%   -0.1%
Department Stores         8.3%   -1.8%   -2.0%    2.7%   -6.4%   10.9%   -5.2%
Apparel                   5.8%    0.8%   -0.5%   -6.0%    4.0%    5.4%   -4.9%
Household goods           9.9%    0.0%    0.9%   -2.9%   -4.3%    2.3%    0.8%
Other retailing           2.6%   -6.5%    8.2%    3.7%   -6.5%    3.2%   -2.0%
Cafes, Restaurants        1.7%    7.6%   -4.7%   -7.0%   10.5%   -4.5%    0.0%
                        --------------- Value (AUD Billion) -----------------
Total                     19.16   18.46   18.38   18.20   18.50   18.41   18.07
Food                      7.86    7.75    7.61    7.56    7.66    7.42    7.36
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                          Dec.    Nov.    Oct.   Sept.    Aug.    July    June
                          2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008
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Department Stores         1.60    1.48    1.50    1.53    1.49    1.59    1.44
Apparel                   1.34    1.27    1.26    1.27    1.35    1.29    1.23
Household goods           3.25    2.96    2.96    2.93    3.02    3.16    3.09
Other retailing           2.87    2.80    2.99    2.76    2.67    2.85    2.76
Cafes, Restaurants        2.24    2.20    2.05    2.15    2.31    2.09    2.19
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Note: Data is seasonally adjusted. Prior figures may have been revised.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Petrie in Sydney at dpetrie5@bloomberg.net