Fed: Consumers spend nearly $20 billion in October =2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2007
Fed: Consumers spend nearly $20 billion in October =2

Recreational goods retailing jumped 7.0 per cent in October followed by clothing and
soft goods with a 2.7 per cent increase.

The largest fall was in household goods retailing, with a 1.8 per cent decline, while
food retailing eased 0.2 per cent.

South Australians were big spenders in October, with spending growing 1.6 per cent
in October, followed by the Northern Territory, rising 0.8 per cent.

Western Australians were more frugal, with spending declining 0.8 per cent, while Queenslanders
spent 0.1 per cent less than the previous month.

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