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U.S. Retail Sales for March decrease 0.3%, Ex-Auto up 0.2%
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for March, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $446.9 billion, a decrease of 0.3 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month, and 1.7 percent (±0.7%) above March 2015. Total sales for the January 2016 through March 2016 period were up 2.8 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The January 2016 to February 2016 percent change was revised from down 0.1 percent (±0.5%)* to virtually unchanged (±0.2%)*.
Retail trade sales were down 0.2 percent (±0.5%)* from February 2016, and up 1.3 percent (±0.5%) from last year. Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers were up 10.8 percent (±2.5%) from March 2015, while gasoline stations were down 15.6 percent (±1.6%) from last year.
Posted: April 13, 2016 Wednesday 08:30 AM