Retail Sales Ex Autos is a monthly economic release by the US Census Bureau, which measures the change in retails sales excluding the volatile prices of the automobile sector. Higher readings are positive for the US Dollar reflecting positive economic growth, increased consumer spending, but can also signal inflationary pressures in the economy.
The United States Retail Sales Ex Autos
The United States Retail Sales Ex Autos latest monthly reading for the month of June 2017 was -0.2%, lower than the consensus reading of 0.2%, but higher than the previous reading of -0.3%. For the first semester of the 2017 the trend for the Retail Sales Ex Autos is a downtrend, reflecting weak consumer spending. The average reading for the Retail Sales Ex Autos and the period of years 1992-2017 is 0.35%, with an all-time high reading of 2.70% in December of 1999, and an all-time low reading of -3.80% in November of 2008.
