Australia Retail Sales & International Trade (Aug.)

The net result of the retail sales and international trade data for August isn’t a disaster for the overall economy. But the weakness in retail sales supports our long-held view that a slowdown in consumption growth is one reason why the RBA won’t raise interest rates at all next year.

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