US Data: Retail Sales - Select Calculations>

Data through: November 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                 512943.5  507617.0     1.0        4.3        5.1

 Ex. Mtr Veh                 409348.0  405427.7     1.0        3.9        4.7

 Ex. Mtr Veh, Gas            364832.5  361652.3     0.9        3.6        4.3

 Ex. Gas                     468428.0  463841.7     1.0        4.0        4.8

Mtr Veh                      103595.5  102189.3     1.4        5.6        6.8

Gas Stations                  44515.5   43775.3     1.7        6.9        8.4

Bldg Materials                33354.5   32778.0     1.8        7.2        8.7

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat            383732.0  380300.7     0.9        3.7        4.4

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat,Gas        339216.5  336525.3     0.8        3.2        3.9

Ex. Food, Autos, Bldg, Gas   278506.5  275366.7     1.1        4.6        5.6

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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