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U.S. Retail Sales for Dec up 0.1%, Ex-Auto down 0.2%
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for December, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $400.6 billion, an increase of 0.1 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month and 6.5 percent (±0.7%) above December 2010. Total sales for the 12 months of 2011 were up 7.7 percent (±0.4%) from 2010. Total sales for the October through December 2011 period were up 7.0 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The October to November 2011 percent change was revised from +0.2 percent (±0.5)* to +0.4 percent (±0.2%).
Retail trade sales were virtually unchanged (±0.5%) from November 2011 and 6.3 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Nonstore retailers sales were up 10.6 percent (±2.5%) from December 2010 and gasoline stations sales were up 8.9 percent (±1.7%) from last year.
Posted: January 12, 2012 Thursday 08:30 AM