Australian Retail Sales Missed Expectations, Dropping by 2.7% in December
Australian Retail Sales Missed Expectations, Dropping by 2.7% in December
澳大利亚零售销售未达到预期，12月下降2.7％
In December, retail sales experienced a 2.7 percent decrease from October, a steeper decline than the anticipated 1.9 percent, indicating a reduction in consumer spending leading up to the holiday season.
12月份，零售额比10月份下降了2.7％，下降幅度大于预期的1.9％，这表明假日季前消费者支出有所减少。
This trend suggests that consumers are increasingly shifting their end-of-year purchases to November to take advantage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
这种趋势表明，越来越多的消费者将年终购买转移到11月，以利用黑色星期五和网络星期一的优惠。
Over the course of the year, there was a modest increase in sales, with a 0.8 percent rise observed in the 12 months leading up to December.
在过去的一年中，销售额略有增长，在截至12月的12个月中增长了0.8％。
