The advance estimates for U.S. retail sales increased 0.2% for November 2018, and 4.2% since November 2017. Adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, retail sales and services were $513.5 billion.
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| Prior | Prior Revised | Consensus | Consensus Range | Actual | |
| Retail Sales – M/M change | 0.8 % | 1.1 % | 0.1 % | -0.2 % to 0.4 % | 0.2 % |
| Retail Sales less autos – M/M change | 0.7 % | 1.0 % | 0.2 % | -0.2 % to 0.9 % | 0.2 % |
| Less Autos & Gas – M/M Change | 0.3 % | 0.7 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % to 0.6 % | 0.5 % |
| Control Group – M/M change | 0.3 % | 0.7 % | 0.4 % | 0.1 % to 0.5 % | 0.9 % |
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Total sales for the September 2018 through November 2018 period were up 4.3% from the same period a year ago. The September 2018 to October 2018 percent change was revised from up 0.8% to up 1.1%.
Retail trade sales were up 0.3 percent (±0.5 percent)* from October 2018, and 4.0 percent (±0.5 percent) above last year. Nonstore Retailers were up 10.8 percent (±1.4 percent) from November 2017, while Gasoline Stations were up 8.2 percent (±1.6 percent) from last year.
