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SBS On the Money: Heavy discounting leads consumers to spend, so will the RBA be worried?

Shoppers walk past clothing stores in the CBD.

During the half-year sales season, there has been some heavy discounting. Source: AAP, SBS

If you thought you saw some very heavy discounting this half- year sales season, you're not wrong, with retailers working hard to get shoppers to open their wallets. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves discusses today's stronger than expected retail trade numbers with Belinda Allen from CBA and Lochlan Halloway from Morningstar to find out what it says about the sector and if the RBA will be worried about the implication for inflation, plus the day on the market with Mark Gardner from MPC Markets.


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