Retail Sales increased 0.8% in May

On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.8 percent from April to May (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 5.9 percent from May 2017. From the Census Bureau report : Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May 2018, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $502.0 billion, an increase of 0.8 percent from the previous month, and 5.9 percent above May 2017 . ... The March 2018 to April 2018 percent change was revised from up 0.2 percent to up 0.4 percent. Click on graph for larger image. This graph shows......(read more)

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