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Poppy Johnston

Feeble retail sales growth reflects stretched consumers

Consumers are tightening their belts with a modest rise in retail sales last month. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

An early start to warm weather, the Women's World Cup and Afterpay Day kept Australians spending in August.

Yet the 0.2 per cent lift in retail sales was modest given those extra reasons to spend, strong population growth and still-high inflation.

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