Seasonally adjusted retail salesrose by 0.1 pct in January, compared with increases of 5.7 pct
in December and 1.0 pct a year earlier, the Statistics
Department said.
    It said in a statement actual retail sales fell to 1.87
billion N.Z. Dlrs in January against 2.42 billion a month
earlier and compared with 1.78 billion in January 1986.
    Year-on-year retail sales rose 5.3 pct compared with a 9.6
pct increase in the year-earlier period.
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