New Zealand Retail Spending jumped by the most since last June, by 0.5% in April as historically-low interest rates encouraged borrowing and spending. Economist forecasts called for only a 0.2% increase in the figure. Details of the metric show that a significant portion of the unexpected result came as department store sales rose 4.0%, the largest gain in spending in this area since July.
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