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SBS On the Money: The weak consumer outlook & Bitcoin hits an Australian record

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Retail sales rose in January but AMP Senior Economist Diana Mousina tells SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves that the outlook is weak, plus hear from Ben Clark from TMS Capital about the day on the sharemarket including the recent surge in the price of Bitcoin.

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