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Retail sales in the United States rose 1.6 percent month-over-month in September of 2017, slightly below market expectations of a 1.7 percent but following a upwardly revised 0.1 percent fall in August. It is the biggest increase since March 2015 as sales of motor vehicles recovered after hurricanes and higher prices lifted receipts at gasoline stations. Retail Sales MoM in the United States averaged 0.35 percent from 1992 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 6.70 percent in October of 2001 and a record low of -3.70 percent in October of 2008.

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US Retail Sales Rise the Most Since 2015

Retail sales in the US rose 1.6 percent month-over-month in September of 2017, slightly below market expectations of a 1.7 percent but following a revised 0.1 percent fall in August. It is the biggest gain since March 2015 as motor vehicles sales recovered after hurricanes and higher prices boosted receipts at gasoline stations

Excluding motor vehicles and gasoline, sales increased 0.5 percent.

These so-called core retail sales, excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and foodservices,increased 0.4 percent last month after being unchanged in August.

8 of 13 major retail categories showed a gain. Receipts at auto dealerships jumped 3.6 percent (1.5 percent in August) as residents replaced flood-damaged motor vehicles. Sales at gasoline stations surged 5.8 percent after a 4.1 percent increase the prior month. Receipt at building materials merchants increased 2.1 percent (0.6 percent in August), the biggest advance since February. Sales at restaurants and bars rose 0.8 percent, the most since January. Purchases also were higher at general merchandise stores, Internet retailers and clothing outlets. In contrast, sales went down at furniture stores; electonics and appliances; health and personal care; sporting goods, hobby, book & music and miscellaneus.

On annual basis, retail sales rose 4.4 percent versus 3.2 repoerted in August.

Anna | anna@tradingeconomics.com
10/13/2017 12:58:16 PM

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2017-08-15	12:30 PM	Retail Sales MoM	0.6%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%
2017-09-15	12:30 PM	Retail Sales MoM	-0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2017-10-13	12:30 PM	Retail Sales MoM	1.6%	-0.1%	1.7%	0.3%
2017-11-15	01:30 PM	Retail Sales MoM				0.31%
2017-12-14	01:30 PM	Retail Sales MoM				0.32%

United States Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	101.10	95.10	111.40	51.70		[+]
Retail Sales MoM	1.60	-0.10	6.70	-3.70	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	4.40	3.20	11.20	-11.50	percent	[+]
Retail Sales Ex Autos	1.00	0.50	2.70	-3.80	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	11853.00	11758.00	11853.00	1320.40	USD Billion	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	14417.40	14410.40	14490.10	351.90	USD Billion	[+]
Personal Spending	0.10	0.30	2.80	-2.00	percent	[+]
Personal Income	0.20	0.30	4.60	-5.20	percent	[+]
Personal Savings	3.60	3.50	17.00	1.90	percent	[+]
Consumer Credit	13.10	17.70	118.60	-17.80	USD Billion	[+]
Private Sector Credit	9369.63	9324.53	9369.63	39.04	USD Billion	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	4.25	4.25	20.50	2.00	percent	[+]
Economic Optimism Index	50.30	53.40	62.90	35.80		[+]
Redbook Index	3.60	3.20	7.60	-5.80	percent	[+]
Gasoline Prices	0.68	0.63	0.99	0.32	USD/Liter	[+]
Households Debt To Gdp	78.70	79.50	95.50	23.40	percent of GDP	[+]
Chain Store Sales	4100.00	4162.00	15875.00	3129.00	USD Million	[+]
Consumer Confidence Current Conditions	113.20	112.50	121.10	57.50		[+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations	80.20	83.90	108.60	44.20		[+]
Consumer Confidence Price Trends	2.70	2.60	10.40	0.40		[+]

U.S. Retail Sales

Retail sales report in the US provides aggregated measure of sales of retail goods and services over a period of a month. There are thirteen major types of retailers: Motor vehicle & parts dealers (around 20 percent of total sales), Food & beverage stores (13%), General merchandise stores (12.5%), Food services & drinking places (11%), Gasoline stations (10%), Nonstore retailers (9.2%), Building material & garden dealers (6%), Health & personal care stores (6%), Clothing & clothing accessories stores (5%), Miscellaneous store retailers (2.3%), Furniture stores (2%), Electronics & appliance stores (2%) and Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores (1.7%). This page provides - U.S. December Retail Sales Increased More Than Forecast - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. U.S. Retail Sales - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2017.