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US Data: Retail Sales - Select Calculations>

Data through:               October 2018
Source: U.S. Commerce Department
Levels in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
Calculations by MNI
                                4Q-18     3Q-18 qtr/qtr Annualized Annualized
                                 Avg.      Avg.   % chg      % chg   % chg(1)
Retail Sales                  511488.0  507902.7     0.7        2.9        4.3
 Ex. Mtr Veh                  408438.0  405728.3     0.7        2.7        4.1
 Ex. Mtr Veh, Gas             362876.0  361821.3     0.3        1.2        1.8
 Ex. Gas                      465926.0  463995.7     0.4        1.7        2.5
Mtr Veh                       103050.0  102174.3     0.9        3.5        5.3
Gas Stations                   45562.0   43907.0     3.8       16.0       24.9
Bldg Materials                 33230.0   32769.7     1.4        5.7        8.7
Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat             382937.0  380609.7     0.6        2.5        3.7
Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat,Gas         337375.0  336702.7     0.2        0.8        1.2
Ex. Food, Autos, Bldg, Gas    276948.0  275535.7     0.5        2.1        3.1
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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