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Electronic Card Transactions: August 2017 will be released on 11 September 2017. 

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Data quality

As outlined in Electronic Card Transactions: January 2016, Stats NZ has imputed for some missing data for the durables industry. We are currently reviewing this methodology.

Electronic Card Transactions data collection methodology – DataInfo+
General methodology used to produce electronic card transaction statistics.

Electronic Card Transactions concepts – DataInfo+
Definitions of terms used in this release.

Principles and protocols for producers of Tier 1 statistics
Statistics in this release have been produced in accordance with the Official Statistics System principles and protocols for producers of Tier 1 statistics for quality. They conform to the Stats NZ Methodological Standard for Reporting of Data Quality.

Related information

The latest movements in related series were as follows:

• The food price index rose 0.2 percent in June 2017, compared with May 2017.
• The consumers price index was flat in the June 2017 quarter, compared with the March 2017 quarter.
• Credit card billings in New Zealand, as published by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, rose 8.2 percent in June 2017, compared with June 2016.

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