Advance monthly sales for retail Aug 2006 declared
15 Sep '06
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The U.S. Census Bureau announced that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for August, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $368.2 billion, an increase of 0.2 percent (±0.7 percent) from the previous month and up 6.7 percent (±0.7 percent) from August 2005.
Total sales for the June through August 2006 period were up 5.6 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same period a year ago. The June to July 2006 percent change was unrevised from +1.4 percent (± 0.3 percent).
Retail trade sales were up 0.2 percent (±0.7 percent) from July and were 6.6 percent (±0.8 percent) above last year.
Nonstore retailers were up 12.5 percent (±4.5 percent) from August 2005 and sales of gasoline stations were up 11.0 percent (±2.0 percent) from last year.