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U.S. Retail Sales for Oct up 0.5%, Ex-Auto up 0.6%
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for October, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $397.7 billion, an increase of 0.5 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month and 7.2 percent (±0.7%) above October 2010. Total sales for the August through October 2011 period were up 7.6 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The August to September 2011 percent change was unrevised from +1.1 percent (±0.3%).
Retail trade sales were up 0.6 percent (±0.5%) from September 2011, and 7.3 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Gasoline stations sales were up 15.6 percent (±1.7%) from October 2010 and nonstore retailers sales were up 11.1 percent (±2.3%) from last year.
Posted: November 15, 2011 Tuesday 08:30 AM