American retail sales up 0.6 per cent in december – Today’s Trading

Analysts had expected that sales would have risen 0.7 per cent compared with the previous month, according to Bloomberg News compilation.

retail sales excluding cars sales rose by 0.2 per cent. Analysts had expected an increase of 0.5 per cent.

Excluding gasoline rose as retail sales by 0.5 per cent. Excluding both cars and gasoline sales were unchanged, it was expected a rise of 0.4 per cent.

Sales at gas stations rose 2.0 per cent in november compared with the month before.

In november, retail trade sales rose by a revised 0.2% (+0,1). Excluding cars, sales rose by a revised 0.3% (+0,2).

the Figures from the commerce department is in current prices and thus not corrected for inflation.