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U.S. Retail Sales for August 2022 increased 0.3%, Ex-Auto down 0.3%
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for August 2022, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $683.3 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±0.5 percent)* from the previous month, and 9.1 percent (±0.7 percent) above August 2021. Total sales for the June 2022 through August 2022 period were up 9.3 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same period a year ago. The June 2022 to July 2022 percent change was revised from virtually unchanged (±0.5 percent)* to down 0.4 percent (±0.2 percent).
Retail trade sales were up 0.2 percent (±0.4 percent)* from July 2022, and up 8.9 percent (±0.7 percent) above last year. Gasoline stations were up 29.3 percent (±1.6 percent) from August 2021, while nonstore retailers were up 11.2 percent (±1.2 percent) from last year.
Posted: September 15, 2022 Thursday 08:30 AM