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Continued growth in Retail sales
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Index of wholesale and retail salesFebruary 2017

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Continued growth in Retail sales

The seasonally-adjusted volume index of retail sales increased by 1.0 per cent from January to February 2017. This follows an increase of 1.4 per cent from December last year to January this year.

Retail Sales indices, 2010=100
February 2017Change in per cent
January 2017 - February 2017February 2016 - February 2017December 2015 / February 2016 - December 2016 / February 2017
 
Retail sales volume index: Excluding sales of motor vehicles. Seasonally adjusted numbers109.41.0
Retail sales volume index: Excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles and automotive fuel. Seasonally adjusted numbers111.11.6
Retail sales volume index: Excluding sales of motor vehicles. Workingday adjusted numbers92.61.0-0.9
Retail sales value index: Excluding sales of motor vehicles. Working days adjusted numbers102.33.31.7
Figure 1. Retail sales volume index, seasonally adjusted and trend. 2010=100

The long-term trend shows a relatively flat trend back to the summer of 2014.

Working-day adjusted figures show that retail sales decreased by 0.9 per cent in the period December 2016 - February 2017 compared to the same period in 2015 - 2016.