US Data: Retail Sales - Select Calculations>

Data through: February 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                  492175.5  491850.3     0.1        0.3        0.3

 Ex. Mtr Veh                  391979.0  389826.3     0.6        2.2        2.7

 Ex. Mtr Veh, Gas             350789.0  349616.3     0.3        1.3        1.6

 Ex. Gas                      450985.5  451640.3    -0.1       -0.6       -0.7

Mtr Veh                       100196.5  102024.0    -1.8       -7.0       -8.3

Gas Stations                   41190.0   40210.0     2.4       10.1       12.3

Bldg Materials                 32505.5   32550.3    -0.1       -0.5       -0.7

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat             366961.5  364860.7     0.6        2.3        2.8

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat,Gas         325771.5  324650.7     0.3        1.4        1.7

Ex. Food, Autos, Bldg, Gas    268081.5  267444.0     0.2        1.0        1.1

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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