Electronic Card Transactions: January 2012

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  10 February 2012

Key facts

Changes in the seasonally adjusted value of transactions (compared with December 2011) were as follows:

  • Total electronic card transactions were up (1.0 percent).
  • Transactions in the retail industries up (1.2 percent).
  • Transactions in the core retail industries were up (1.0 percent).
  • All industry groups increased, with non-retail and consumables having the largest increases. 

The actual (unadjusted) value of transactions in the core retail series was up 3.6 percent from January 2011. 

 Geoff Bascand  10 February 2012
 Government Statistician  ISSN 1178-0258

 

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