June retail sales hit by Victoria’s lockdown

Leith van Onselen

Wednesday 21 July 2021

The ABS has released its preliminary retail sales for June, which fell 1.8% over the month to be up 2.9% year-on-year:

Decent fall in June.

According to the ABS:

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About the author

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.