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Australia Retail Sales (Dec.)

December’s weaker than expected retail sales figures suggest that retailers had a disappointing Christmas period and that consumer spending has lost some momentum. As a result, we’ve revised down our estimate for fourth-quarter consumption growth and now expect it to be slightly softer than in the third quarter.

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