Thursday 5 May 2011

Australia’s Retail Sales Decline, Sending Currency Lower

http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aDwQnwHojIco


“Consumers are pretty cautious as they face higher mortgage rates and living costs,” said Su-Lin Ong, senior economist at RBC Capital Markets in Sydney. “There is a lot of uncertainty over households.”



Falling Permits
Building approvals fell 18.1 percent from a year earlier, the report showed. That compares with economists’ forecast for a 25.2 percent drop year-over-year.


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