Retail Booms: Signals Higher Rates Ahead!

The latest preliminary retail spending figures from the ABS for July 2022 were stronger than expected, showing that despite weaker consumer confidence they are still spending.

That said, the data is not inflation adjusted, and the mortgage rate hikes had hardly begun to flow through. It does leave the RBA open to biggest (50 basis point) rate hikes in September.

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Author: Martin North

Martin North is the Principal of Digital Finance Analytics

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