US Data: Retail Sales - Select Calculations>

Data through: January 2018

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

Calculations by MNI

                                1Q-18     4Q-17 qtr/qtr Annualized Annualized

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

Retail Sales                  492003.0  491978.7     0.0        0.0        0.0

 Ex. Mtr Veh                  391635.0  389920.3     0.4        1.8        2.7

 Ex. Mtr Veh, Gas             350239.0  349680.3     0.2        0.6        1.0

 Ex. Gas                      450607.0  451738.7    -0.3       -1.0       -1.5

Mtr Veh                       100368.0  102058.3    -1.7       -6.5       -9.5

Gas Stations                   41396.0   40240.0     2.9       12.0       18.5

Bldg Materials                 31858.0   32509.0    -2.0       -7.8      -11.4

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat             367391.0  365002.0     0.7        2.6        4.0

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat,Gas         325995.0  324762.0     0.4        1.5        2.3

Ex. Food, Autos, Bldg, Gas    268356.0  267546.3     0.3        1.2        1.8

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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