Retail Sales Rise In February

Brief rundown;

• Retail sales increased 0.3% from January to February
• Jan was reported at $354.3 billion
• February was reported at $355.5 billion

U.S Census Bureau Report:

“The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $355.5 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month and 3.9 percent (±0.5%) above February 2009.”

This graph shows the monthly retail sales.

Graph Source: www.calculatedriskblog.com

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