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Retail Trade (Historical Series, Apr 1982 → Jun 2025)

Name: Retail Trade (Historical Series, Apr 1982 → Jun 2025)
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

⚠️ HISTORICAL SERIES - ABS ceased the Retail Trade publication on 31 July 2025. Data ends June 2025 reference period. For current retail/consumer spending, the replacement is the Monthly Household Spending Indicator (MHSI, ABS dataflow `HSI_M`).

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics · Licensed CC-BY 4.0 · dataset id abs.RT

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