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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

		Aug 07	Jul 07 to Aug 07
		$m	% change
Turnover at current prices
	Trend estimates	19 604.3	0.6
	Seasonally adjusted estimates	19 683.7	0.7

Monthly turnover, Trend estimates - % change

• The trend estimate of turnover for the Australian Retail and Hospitality/Services series increased by 0.6% in August 2007. This follows revised increases of 0.6% in both July and June 2007.
• In August 2007, all states and territories had an increase in the trend estimate. The largest increase occurred in Queensland (+1.1%).

• The seasonally adjusted estimate of turnover for the Australian Retail and Hospitality/Services series increased by 0.7% in August 2007. This follows revised increases of 0.8% in July 2007 and 1.6% in June 2007.
• All states and territories had increases in the seasonally adjusted estimate. The largest increases occurred in the Australian Capital Territory (+2.2%) and Tasmania (+1.3%).

• In original terms, Australian turnover increased by 2.1% in August 2007 compared with July 2007. Chains and other large retailers (which are completely enumerated) increased by 1.1%, while the estimate for 'smaller' retailers (the sampled units) increased by 3.5%.
• Australian turnover increased by 8.3% in August 2007 compared with August 2006. Chains and other large retailers increased by 9.6%, while 'smaller' retailers increased by 6.7%.

CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

As the current price estimates have been revised, the Chain Volume Measures have subsequently been revised. The revised data are in Tables 14 and 15.

SAMPLING ERRORS

Standard errors for the Australian estimates (original data) for August 2007 contained in this publication are:

For more information see the Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 32-36.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Graham Phillips on Canberra (02) 6252 5625.