10.11.2013 23:36:34

New Zealand Credit Card Spending Up 1.1% In October

(RTTNews) - The total value of credit card transactions was up a seasonally adjusted 1.1 percent in October compared to the previous month, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday.

That follows the upwardly revised 0.3 percent monthly contraction in September, which was originally reported as -0.4 percent.

Core retail spending was up 1.8 percent on month in October, while overall retail spending collected 1.4 percent.