SUV sales continue to boom

Wednesday 16 November 2016

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released new motor vehicle sales for the month of October, which registered a 2.4% seasonally adjusted fall in the number of sales over the month but a 1.2% increase over the year:

All jurisdictions reported a decrease in new car sales in October in seasonally adjusted terms.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.