Retail sales in Australia were relatively unchanged on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
That was well shy of forecasts for an increase of 0.4 percent following the 0.3 percent gain in January.
By region, there were rises in Victoria (0.4 percent), New South Wales (0.2 percent), the Australian Capital Territory (1.0 percent) and South Australia (0.3 percent).
There were falls in Queensland (-0.4 percent), Western Australia (-0.6 percent), the Northern Territory (-1.6 percent) and Tasmania (-0.5 percent).
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