US Data: Retail Sales - Select Calculations>

Data through:               February 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                  506473.0  508846.0    -0.5       -1.9       -2.2

 Ex. Mtr Veh                  403827.0  404961.7    -0.3       -1.1       -1.3

 Ex. Mtr Veh, Gas             363157.5  361658.0     0.4        1.7        2.0

 Ex. Gas                      465803.5  465542.3     0.1        0.2        0.3

Mtr Veh                       102646.0  103884.3    -1.2       -4.7       -5.6

Gas Stations                   40669.5   43303.7    -6.1      -22.2      -26.0

Bldg Materials                 33711.0   33132.3     1.7        7.2        8.7

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat             377742.0  379520.7    -0.5       -1.9       -2.2

Ex. Auto,Bldg Mat,Gas         337072.5  336217.0     0.3        1.0        1.2

Ex. Food, Autos, Bldg, Gas    276787.0  275825.3     0.3        1.4        1.7

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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