Australia Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) -0.2% in Dec

Aussie slips to fresh session lows, last at 1.0373, on weaker than expected retail sales figures, down -0.2% for the month of Dec on a monthly basis, coming from a previous of -0.1% (revised to -0.2%), making it fourth consecutive decreasing data since Oct. The Aus retail trade for the 4Q comes at +0.1% with previous revised down from -0.1% to -0.3%.