Australian Retail Sales Missed Expectations, Dropping by 2.7% in December
Australian Retail Sales Missed Expectations, Dropping by 2.7% in December
澳大利亞零售銷售未達到預期，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，零售額比10月份下降了2.7％，下降幅度大於預期的1.9％，這表明假日季前消費者支出有所減少。
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.
這種趨勢表明，越來越多的消費者將年終購買轉移到11月，以利用黑色星期五和網絡星期一的優惠。
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.
在過去的一年中，銷售額略有增長，在截至12月的12個月中增長了0.8％。
