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U.S. Retail Sales for October increase 0.1%, Ex-Auto up 0.2%
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 $447.3 billion, an increase of 0.1 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month, and 1.7 percent (±0.7%) above October 2014. Total sales for the August 2015 through October 2015 period were up 2.0 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The August 2015 to September 2015 percent change was revised from +0.1 percent (±0.5%) to virtually unchanged (±0.2%).
Retail trade sales were virtually unchanged (±0.5%) from September 2015, and up 1.2 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Nonstore retailers were up 7.1 percent from October 2014 (±1.4%) and motor vehicle and parts dealers were up 6.2 percent (±2.8%) from last year.
Posted: November 13, 2015 Friday 08:30 AM