UPDATE: Oct Retail Sales Advance 0.3% vs 0.2%, Ex-Auto 0.3% vs 0.2% Expected
Oct Retail Sales Advance 0.3% vs 0.2%, Ex-Auto 0.3% vs 0.2% Expected
UPDATE - More from the U.S. Census:
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 $444.5 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month, and 4.1 percent (±0.9%) above October 2013. Total sales for the August through October 2014 period were up 4.5 percent (±0.7%) from the same period a year ago. The August to September 2014 percent change was unrevised from -0.3% (±0.2%).
Retail trade sales were up 0.3 percent (±0.5%)* from September 2014, and 3.8 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Nonstore retailers were up 9.1 percent (±2.1%) from October 2013 and auto and other motor vehicle dealers were up 8.3 percent (±3.0%) from last year.
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