US Data: Retail Sales - Select Calculations>

Data through: July 2018

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

Calculations by MNI

                                3Q-18     2Q-18 qtr/qtr Annualized Annualized

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

Retail Sales                 507533.0  502226.3     1.1        4.3        6.5

 Ex. Mtr Veh                 404441.0  399633.3     1.2        4.9        7.4

 Ex. Mtr Veh, Gas            360875.0  356914.7     1.1        4.5        6.8

 Ex. Gas                     463967.0  459507.7     1.0        3.9        6.0

Mtr Veh                      103092.0  102593.0     0.5        2.0        3.0

Gas Stations                  43566.0   42718.7     2.0        8.2       12.5

Bldg Materials                32544.0   32287.7     0.8        3.2        4.9

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat            379441.0  374874.7     1.2        5.0        7.5

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat,Gas        335875.0  332156.0     1.1        4.6        6.9

Ex. Food, Autos, Bldg, Gas   274306.0  272556.7     0.6        2.6        3.9

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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