by Calculated Danger on 12/17/2024 08:30:00 AM
On a month-to-month foundation, retail gross sales elevated 0.7% from October to November (seasonally adjusted), and gross sales had been up 3.8 % from November 2023.
From the Census Bureau report:
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and meals companies gross sales for November 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and vacation and trading-day variations, however not for value modifications, had been $724.6 billion, a rise of 0.7 % from the earlier month, and up 3.8 % from November 2023. … The September 2024 to October 2024 % change was revised from up 0.4 % to up 0.5 %.
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This graph exhibits retail gross sales since 1992. That is month-to-month retail gross sales and meals service, seasonally adjusted (whole and ex-gasoline).
Retail gross sales ex-gasoline was up 0.7% in November.
The second graph exhibits the year-over-year change in retail gross sales and meals service (ex-gasoline) since 1993.
Retail and Meals service gross sales, ex-gasoline, elevated by 4.0% on a YoY foundation.
The change in gross sales in November had been above expectations, and gross sales in September and October had been revised up, mixed.
