Electronic Card Transactions: December 2024
21 January 2025
The electronic card transactions (ECT) series cover debit, credit, and charge card transactions with New Zealand-based merchants. The series can be used to indicate changes in consumer spending and economic activity.
Key facts
All figures are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified.
Values are at the national level and are not adjusted for price changes.
December 2024 month
Changes in the value of electronic card transactions for the December 2024 month (compared with November 2024) were:
- spending in the retail industries increased 2.0 percent ($130 million)
- spending in the core retail industries increased 1.8 percent ($103 million).
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- Electronic card transactions: December 2024 - https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/electronic-card-transactions-december-2024
- CSV files for download - https://www.stats.govt.nz/large-datasets/csv-files-for-download/
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