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U.S. Retail Sales for February up 0.3%, Ex-Auto up 0.8%
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $355.5 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month and 3.9 percent (±0.5%) above February 2009. Total sales for the December 2009 through February 2010 period were up 4.5 percent (±0.3%) from the same period a year ago. The December 2009 to January 2010 percent change was revised from +0.5 percent (±0.5%)* to +0.1 percent (±0.3%)*.
Retail trade sales were up 0.3 percent (±0.5%)* from January 2010 and 4.4 percent (±0.5%) above last year. Gasoline stations sales were up 24.0 percent (±1.5%) from February 2009 and nonstore retailers sales were up 11.8 percent (±1.7%) from last year.
Posted: March 12, 2010 Friday 08:30 AM