Australian Retail Spending Lifts on Buoyant Consumer Confidence

Australian Retail Spending Lifts on Buoyant Consumer Confidence
Customers run through the doors of the David Jones Elizabeth Street store for the 6 a.m. opening during the Boxing Day sales on Dec. 26, 2019, in Sydney, Australia. Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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Australia’s economy is well on the road to recovery, as new economic data on retail spending shows strong levels of consumer confidence.

Preliminary retail trade figures for March released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics surpassed economists’ expectation of 1 percent growth, revealing a 1.4 percent increase in retail sales.