US Census Bureau announced that advance estimates of US retail and food services sales for November, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $353.9 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±0.7 percent)* from the previous month and up 6.3 percent (±0.8 percent) from November 2004.
Total sales for the September through November 2005 period were up 6.3 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same period a year ago.
The September to October 2005 percent change was revised from –0.1 percent (±0.7 percent)* to +0.3 percent (±0.2 percent).
Retail trade sales were up 0.2 percent (±0.8 percent)* from October and were up 6.1 percent (±0.8 percent) above last year. Gasoline station sales were up 16.8 percent (±3.3 percent) from November 2004 and sales of building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers were up 14.5 percent (±2.0 percent) from last year.
The scheduled release dates for 2006 are as follows: January 13, February 14, March 14, April 13, May 11, June 13, July 14, August 11, September 14, October 13, November 14, December 13.
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