Australia September 2019 retail sales data:
- Prior was +0.4%
- Retail sales ex inflation -0.1% q/q vs +0.3% expected
- Prior q/q sales +0.2%
Poor number and AUD/USD kicks lower. It's now given up the day's gains of about a dozen pips and is unchanged.
Digging into the details, the food category was up +0.1% while apparel down -0.5% was the main drag, along with department stores (-0.2%). However that decline comes after strong numbers in both categories in August.