US Data: Retail Sales - Select Calculations>

Data through: October 2017

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

Levels in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted

Calculations by MNI

                                4Q-17     3Q-17 qtr/qtr Annualized Annualized

                                 Avg.      Avg.   % chg      % chg   % chg(1)

Retail Sales                  486553.0  479561.3     1.5        6.0        9.1

 Ex. Mtr Veh                  384634.0  380667.3     1.0        4.2        6.4

 Ex. Mtr Veh, Gas             345728.0  343278.0     0.7        2.9        4.4

 Ex. Gas                      447647.0  442172.0     1.2        5.0        7.7

Mtr Veh                       101919.0   98894.0     3.1       12.8       19.8

Gas Stations                   38906.0   37389.3     4.1       17.2       26.9

Bldg Materials                 32120.0   31852.7     0.8        3.4        5.1

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat             360022.0  356281.0     1.1        4.3        6.5

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat,Gas         321116.0  318891.7     0.7        2.8        4.3

Ex. Food, Autos, Bldg, Gas    264013.0  262292.7     0.7        2.6        4.0

Footnotes:

(1) Assumes annualization is 12 divided by the number of months between

the center of the mass of data. This results in an exponent of 6.0 for

one month of data in the qtr and an exponent of 4.8 when two months of a

quarter's data are available.

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