US Data: Retail Sales - Select Calculations>

Data through:               January 2019

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

Calculations by MNI

                                1Q-19     4Q-18 qtr/qtr Annualized Annualized

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

Retail Sales                  504440.0  508863.7    -0.9       -3.4       -5.1

 Ex. Mtr Veh                  402835.0  405016.3    -0.5       -2.1       -3.2

 Ex. Mtr Veh, Gas             362624.0  361692.3     0.3        1.0        1.6

 Ex. Gas                      464229.0  465539.7    -0.3       -1.1       -1.7

Mtr Veh                       101605.0  103847.3    -2.2       -8.4      -12.3

Gas Stations                   40211.0   43324.0    -7.2      -25.8      -36.1

Bldg Materials                 34334.0   33201.7     3.4       14.4       22.3

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat             376133.0  379506.0    -0.9       -3.5       -5.2

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat,Gas         335922.0  336182.0    -0.1       -0.3       -0.5

Ex. Food, Autos, Bldg, Gas    275120.0  275732.7    -0.2       -0.9       -1.3

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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