U.S. Dec. Advance Retail Sales: Statistical Summary (Table)

By Kristy Scheuble

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Following is the summary of the U.S. retail sales report for Dec. from the Commerce Department.

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                          Dec.    Nov.    Oct.   Sept.    Aug.    July   Dec.
                          2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008   YOY
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                           --------------------MOM%--------------------
Retail & food service      -2.7%   -2.1%   -3.4%   -1.6%   -0.7%   -0.6%  -7.9%
Ex-autos                  -3.1%   -2.5%   -2.9%   -0.7%   -1.1%    0.1%  -5.6%
Ex-gas                    -1.4%   -0.2%   -2.1%   -1.8%   -0.4%   -0.7%  -5.2%
Ex-autos & build mat.     -3.1%   -2.5%   -3.0%   -0.7%   -1.0%    0.1%  -5.6%
Ex-autos & gas            -1.5%   -0.2%   -1.2%   -0.7%   -0.8%    0.1%  -2.0%
Ex-food service           -2.7%   -2.5%   -3.7%   -1.8%   -0.8%   -0.7%  -8.5%
Ex-build mat., auto dlrs  -3.0%   -2.4%   -2.9%   -0.6%   -1.0%    0.1%  -5.4%
Ex-gas, bldg mat, dlrs(*) -1.4%    0.1%   -1.1%   -0.7%   -0.6%    0.1%  -1.6%
                          -----------3-mo. Average Annualized----------
Retail & food service     -24.6%  -19.0%  -12.3%   -5.1%    0.0%    3.7%   n/a
Ex-autos                 -22.8%  -15.3%   -8.5%    0.1%    6.3%   10.9%   n/a
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                          Dec.    Nov.    Oct.   Sept.    Aug.    July   Dec.
                          2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008   YOY
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Ex-gas                   -15.0%  -14.0%  -10.8%   -6.3%   -2.3%    0.8%   n/a
Ex-autos & build mat.    -22.8%  -15.2%   -8.1%    0.4%    6.4%   10.6%   n/a
Ex-autos & gas           -10.0%   -8.1%   -5.9%   -0.6%    4.2%    8.1%   n/a
Ex-food service          -26.9%  -21.0%  -13.7%   -6.0%   -0.5%    3.3%   n/a
Ex-build mat. & auto dlrs-22.3%  -14.8%   -8.0%    0.4%    6.3%   10.6%   n/a
Ex-gas, build mat & dlrs  -8.2%   -6.9%   -5.0%   -0.3%    4.1%    7.4%   n/a
                           --------------------MOM%--------------------
Motor vehicles, parts      -0.7%   -0.3%   -5.9%   -5.8%    1.4%   -4.2% -19.7%
Furniture                  -1.8%   -0.8%   -1.7%   -2.0%   -2.9%   -0.7% -11.9%
Electronics                -1.0%    1.5%   -2.5%   -0.9%   -2.7%   -0.5%  -3.2%
Building materials         -2.9%   -2.8%   -2.2%   -0.7%   -2.0%    0.4%  -5.5%
Food, beverages            -1.4%   -0.1%   -0.5%   -0.3%    0.6%    0.2%   0.7%
Health, personal care       0.4%    0.5%    0.1%    0.6%    0.1%    0.1%   7.6%
Gasoline stations         -15.9%  -18.3%  -13.1%   -0.1%   -3.0%    0.0% -35.1%
Clothing                   -2.5%    0.1%   -2.5%   -4.1%   -0.7%    0.4%  -9.4%
Sporting goods             -0.4%    2.1%   -3.0%   -2.3%   -0.1%   -0.5%   0.7%
General merchandise        -1.3%    0.8%   -0.9%   -0.7%   -0.7%    0.0%  -2.5%
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                          Dec.    Nov.    Oct.   Sept.    Aug.    July   Dec.
                          2008    2008    2008    2008    2008    2008   YOY
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Department stores         -2.3%    1.7%   -1.4%   -1.5%   -2.1%   -0.6%  -7.8%
Miscellaneous               0.5%   -2.9%   -0.2%   -0.2%   -3.4%    2.1%   1.1%
Non-store retailers        -1.9%   -1.9%   -2.3%   -0.8%   -2.2%   -0.1%  -1.0%
Eating, drinking           -2.2%    1.0%   -0.7%    0.2%    0.2%    0.1%  -1.7%
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NOTE: Percent changes are monthly unless otherwise noted.
Three month annualized calculations are the latest three months
average compared to the previous three months average.
Monthly changes are seasonally adjusted, yearly changes are not adjusted.

(*) This calculation removes gas, building materials & auto and other
motor vehicle dealers (a component of motor vehicles & parts) from
total retail & food service sales.

The estimates above are based on a sample of about 5,000 retail and food
service firms whose sales are then weighted. Based upon this sample, the
Census Bureau is 90 percent confident that retail sales to the over 3
million retail establishments was between -3.2 and -2.2 percent last month.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Department http://www.census.gov/retail

To contact the reporter on this story: Kristy Scheuble in Washington at kmckeaney@bloomberg.net