Retail Sales increased 0.3% in December

On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.3 percent from November to December (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 5.8 percent from December 2018. From the Census Bureau report : Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for December 2019, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $529.6 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent from the previous month , and 5.8 percent above December 2018. Total sales for the 12 months of 2019 were up 3.6 percent from 2018. emphasis added Click on graph for larger image. This......(read more)

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