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Statistics New Zealand has released an experimental monthly series, the Electronic Card Transaction (ECT) series, which covers all debit and credit card spending with New Zealand-based merchants. Cards are used as a payment method across a wide range of industries, both within and outside the retail sector, and over recent years have grown to represent a significant proportion of consumption expenditure.
This information can be used as an indicator of the change in the level of consumption expenditure and economic activity in general.
Statistics show the number and value of electronic card transactions and are available at the national level for three aggregations:
- total
- retail industry
- core retail industry (retail excluding motor vehicles).
These data have been released as experimental series and Statistics NZ welcomes feedback on them.
Latest releases
Electronic card transactions
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