Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:50:03 GMT
Australian retail sales slow down in December
Australia's retail sales jumped in the last month of 2013 matching original economists' projections, a report published by the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. According to the report, the country's retail sales climbed 0.5% on a sequential basis in December easing from November's level of 0.7% as food retail sales added 2.5%, while other retailing slipped 3.1%.