New Zealand Retail Sales fall 0.5% QoQ in Q2, vs 0.1 expected

Retail Sales,a measures of the volume of sales of goods by retailers in New Zealand, fell 0.1% QoQ in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026 after rising 1.0% in Q1 (revised from 0.9%), the latest data published by the Statistics New Zealand showed on Monday. 

The market forecast was for a 0.1% decline in the reported month.