ANALYSIS - TOTAL RETAIL


TOTAL RETAIL - MONTHLY

The chart below shows the trend series and seasonally adjusted series to January 2015.

In current prices, the trend estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.2% in January 2015 following a rise of 0.2% in December 2014 and a rise of 0.3% in November 2014.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.4% in January 2015 following a rise of 0.2% in December 2014 and relatively unchanged (0.0%) November 2014.

The original estimate for Australian turnover fell 21.4% in January 2015. The original estimate for chains and other larger retailers fell 22.7% in January 2015. The original estimate for smaller retailers fell 18.7% in January 2015.

TOTAL RETAIL - BY STATE

The following states and territories rose in trend terms in January 2015: Queensland (0.4%), Western Australia (0.4%), New South Wales (0.1%), South Australia (0.3%), Tasmania (0.1%) and the Northern Territory (0.1%). Victoria (0.0%) and the Australian Capital Territory (0.0%) were relatively unchanged in trend terms in January 2015.

The following states and territories rose in seasonally adjusted terms in January 2015: Queensland (1.2%), Victoria (0.5%), Tasmania (1.9%) and Western Australia (0.1%). New South Wales (0.0%) was relatively unchanged. The Australian Capital Territory (-1.9%), the Northern Territory (-1.8%) and South Australia (-0.1%) fell in seasonally adjusted terms in January 2015.