U.S. Retail Sales Rose 0.6% In September

(For September 2010)

U.S. retail sales rose 0.6% in September . The consensus was at 0.4%, August reading (revised up 0.4%) was at +1.0%. On year level retail sales are up 7.3%.

Declining only clothing & clothing accessories.

Positive report.

Chart 1. U.S. Retail Sales

Autos taken out, the figure was an increase of 0.4% vs. consensus of 0.3% growth. Prior reading was revised to +0.7% (up 0.3%).

Chart 2. U.S. Retail Sales Less Autos

Autos and gas station taken out, the retail sales rose 0.4% vs. consensus of 0.3% growth. Prior reading was revised to +0.9% (up 0.4%).

Chart 3. U.S. Retail Sales Less Autos and Gas Stations



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