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SALES SUMMARY--NOVEMBER 1999(December 14, 1999) The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail sales for November adjusted for seasonal, holiday, and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $255.8 billion, an increase of 0.9 percent (+/-0.7%) from the previous month and up 9.2 percent (+/-0.9%) from November 1998. Total sales for the September through November period were up 9.4 percent (+/-0.7%) from the same period a year ago. The September to October 1999 percent change was revised from unchanged (+/-0.7%) to +0.3 percent (+/-0.2%).
Durable goods increased 1.5 percent (+/-1.4%) from October and were 10.1 percent above last year. Automotive sales were up 12.0 percent from November a year ago, while furniture sales were up 8.4 percent from last year.
Nondurable goods increased 0.4 percent (+/-0.6%) from October and were up 8.6 percent from November 1998. Gasoline sales were up 20.3 percent from November a year ago, while drug store sales were up 8.5 percent from last year.
The advance estimates are based on a small subsample of the Bureau's full retail sales sample. Estimates from the advance and the subsequent full survey can differ because of the earlier reporting in the advance and because of sampling variability present in both surveys.
Percent Change In Advance Monthly Retail Sales--November 1999
(Adjusted for seasonal, holiday and trading-day differences.)Nov 1999 adv. From Oct 1999 prel. Nov 1999 adv. From Nov 1998 final Oct 1999 prel. From Sep 1999 final Oct 1999 prel. From Oct 1998 final Retail Trade, total +0.9 +9.2 +0.3 +8.9 Total excl. auto +0.4 +8.3 +0.8 +8.6 Durable goods, total +1.5 +10.1 -0.1 +9.0 Building mat., hardware, garden supply and mobile home dealers +0.9 +6.5 +0.8 +7.2 Automotive dealers +2.4 +12.0 -1.1 +9.8 Motor vehicle and misc. automobile dealers +2.4 +12.4 -1.1 +10.2 Furniture, home furnishings and equipment stores +0.5 +8.4 -0.1 +8.4 Nondurable goods, total +0.4 +8.6 +0.6 +8.9 Gen. merch. stores 0.6 +7.3 +0.2 +7.9 Dept. stores ex. leased dept. +0.6 +6.5 0.0 +6.9 Dept. stores inc. leased dept. N/A N/A -0.1 +6.9 Food stores +0.5 +5.4 +0.4 +5.3 Grocery stores +0.4 +5.4 +0.4 +5.5 Gasoline service stations +1.1 +20.3 +0.5 +18.5 Apparel and accessory stores +0.8 +6.4 0.0 +6.3 Eating and drinking places +0.5 +7.6 +2.6 +8.6 Drug and proprietary stores -0.8 +8.5 +0.8 +11.2 N/A--Not available.
December 14, 1999 U.S. Department of Commerce
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