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MAY KEY FIGURES
MAY KEY POINTS TREND ESTIMATES
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
NOTES REVISIONS For April 2005, revisions have been made to Food retailing for New South Wales and Western Australia. These revisions are a result of the rectification of data errors.
FOOD RETAILING There has been three months of moderate growth. Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have had at least three months of moderate growth. DEPARTMENT STORES There has been a decline in the trend estimate for four months. All published states have had a decline in the trend estimate for at least three months with Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory having been in decline for at least nine months. CLOTHING AND SOFT GOOD RETAILING There was no change in the trend in May 2005. Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania have had moderate or strong growth for at least five months. All other states, except the Northern Territory, have had a decline in the trend estimate for at least one month. HOUSEHOLD GOOD RETAILING Growth in the trend has been slowing since October 2004, with weak growth for the last three months. There has been strong growth in Victoria for three months, while Queensland, South Australia, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory have had a decline in the trend estimate for six, four, one and seven months respectively. RECREATIONAL GOOD RETAILING There has been moderate growth for three months which has followed two months of strong growth. All states except New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory have had strong growth for at least two months. Queensland and Western Australia have had at least seven months of strong growth. OTHER RETAILING The trend series has been in decline for eight months. All published states, except Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory which both had strong growth in May 2005, have had a decline in the trend estimate for at least four months. TOTAL RETAIL (EXCLUDING HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES) Total retail (excluding Hospitality and services) has had weak growth for ten months. Over the last two months, the rate of trend growth for Total retail (excluding Hospitality and services) has been slightly slower than Total industries (including Hospitality and services). HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES There has been moderate trend growth for three months. All states, except Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory which have had a decline in the trend estimate, had moderate to strong trend growth in May 2005. Strongest growth has been in Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory with five, two and 13 months of strong growth respectively. STATE TRENDS MONTHLY SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND TREND ESTIMATES NEW SOUTH WALES The trend estimate has been in decline for two months. Department stores, Clothing and soft good retailing, Recreational good retailing and Other retailing have had a decline in the trend estimate for at least three months. VICTORIA There has been moderate trend growth for three months. Food retailing, Household good retailing, Recreational good retailing and Other retailing have had at least three months of moderate to strong growth in the trend, while Department stores has had a decline in the trend estimate for three months. QUEENSLAND There has been weak growth in the trend for two months. Clothing and soft good retailing, Recreational good retailing and Hospitality and services have had moderate to strong growth for at least five months. In contrast, there has been a decline in the trend estimate for Department stores, Household good retailing and Other retailing for at least six months. SOUTH AUSTRALIA There has been a decline in the trend estimate for three months. All industries, except Food retailing and Hospitality and services, have had a decline in the trend estimate for at least four months, with Clothing and soft good retailing having had a decline for ten months. Hospitality and services has had strong growth for two months. WESTERN AUSTRALIA After three months of weak trend growth, there has been moderate growth for the past two months. Recreational good retailing has had strong growth for 11 months, while Food retailing, Clothing and soft good retailing and Hospitality and services have had at least three months of moderate growth. There has been a decline in the trend estimate for Department stores and Other retailing for at least three months. TASMANIA There has been a decline in the trend estimate for two months which followed two months of weak growth. Food retailing and Hospitality and services have had a decline in the trend estimate for at least one month. Clothing and soft good retailing and Recreational good retailing have had strong growth for at least two months. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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