Australia July retail sales up 1.3% m/m

  • expected 0.3%, prior 0.2%

Strong performance. Consumer confidence in Australia has been very low indeed, Sales are holding up. Partially this will be due to inflation boosting prices. Having said all that, still a strong performance.

AUD/USD is more focused on global developments form movement, oi9ts been trashed since Powell on Friday:

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