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US Bureau of the Census

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Time series (NAICS)
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1. Retail and Food Services, total	2. Total (excl. Motor Vehicle)
3. Retail, total	4. Retail (excl Motor Vehicle and Parts D
5. Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers	6. Auto, other Motor Vehicle
7. Furniture & Homefurnishing	8. Electronics & Appl. Stores
9. Building Material Garden/Supply Dealer	10. Food & Beverage Stores
11. Grocery Stores	12. Health & Personal Stores
13. Gasoline Stations	14. Clothing and Accessory Stores
15. Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book & Music	16. General Merchandise Stores
17. Dept. Stores (ex. leased depts)	18. Misc. Stores Retailers Total
19. Nonstore Retailers Total	20. Foodservice & Drinking Places

Month	Avg over Quarter	Avg over Year
Month	End of Quarter	End of Year

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Units : mil dollars | Source : US Bureau of the Census | Note : figures are in millions of dollars per MONTH. Figures have NOT been converted to quarterly rates. A p indicates preliminary data. | Column (1) : Food & Beverage Stores | Units : Millions of Dollars, seas adj, nominal 10 EconStats does not guarantee the accuracy of this data. 20081115

10 Retail Sales

Food & Beverage Stores

quarterly avg over months

from U.S. Census - Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services

        |             col (1)       |
        | Food & Beverage Stores    |
        | NOT Seas Adj              |
        | Millions of Dollars;      |
        | seas adj; nominal         |
        | Avg over  Quarter         |
Year Qtr|___________Jan92_to_Oct08 _|
2008.4                     49753.0   |    4.334 %y/y |         0.112 %qtr/qtr
2008.3                     49697.3   |    5.872 %y/y |         1.247 %qtr/qtr
2008.2                     49085.3   |    5.843 %y/y |         1.710 %qtr/qtr
2008.1                     48260.0   |    5.021 %y/y |         1.203 %qtr/qtr
2007.4                     47686.3   |    5.018 %y/y |         1.588 %qtr/qtr
2007.3                     46941.0   |    5.025 %y/y |         1.219 %qtr/qtr
2007.2                     46375.7   |    4.774 %y/y |         0.921 %qtr/qtr
2007.1                     45952.7   |    5.078 %y/y |         1.200 %qtr/qtr
2006.4                     45407.7   |    4.435 %y/y |         1.595 %qtr/qtr
2006.3                     44695.0   |    3.671 %y/y |         0.977 %qtr/qtr
2006.2                     44262.7   |    3.702 %y/y |         1.213 %qtr/qtr
2006.1                     43732.0   |    3.473 %y/y |         0.581 %qtr/qtr
2005.4                     43479.3   |    4.016 %y/y |         0.851 %qtr/qtr
2005.3                     43112.3   |    4.626 %y/y |         1.007 %qtr/qtr
2005.2                     42682.7   |    4.452 %y/y |         0.990 %qtr/qtr
2005.1                     42264.3   |    4.036 %y/y |         1.109 %qtr/qtr
2004.4                     41800.7   |    4.363 %y/y |         1.442 %qtr/qtr
2004.3                     41206.3   |    2.775 %y/y |         0.839 %qtr/qtr
2004.2                     40863.3   |    3.561 %y/y |         0.587 %qtr/qtr
2004.1                     40624.7   |    2.775 %y/y |         1.426 %qtr/qtr
2003.4                     40053.3   |    2.683 %y/y |        -0.101 %qtr/qtr
2003.3                     40093.7   |    3.533 %y/y |         1.610 %qtr/qtr
2003.2                     39458.3   |    2.089 %y/y |        -0.175 %qtr/qtr
2003.1                     39527.7   |    1.143 %y/y |         1.336 %qtr/qtr
2002.4                     39006.7   |   -0.500 %y/y |         0.726 %qtr/qtr
2002.3                     38725.3   |   -0.362 %y/y |         0.192 %qtr/qtr
2002.2                     38651.0   |    0.358 %y/y |        -1.100 %qtr/qtr
2002.1                     39081.0   |    2.841 %y/y |        -0.310 %qtr/qtr
2001.4                     39202.7   |    4.069 %y/y |         0.866 %qtr/qtr
2001.3                     38866.0   |    4.451 %y/y |         0.917 %qtr/qtr
2001.2                     38513.0   |    3.895 %y/y |         1.346 %qtr/qtr
2001.1                     38001.3   |    4.740 %y/y |         0.880 %qtr/qtr
2000.4                     37670.0   |    2.295 %y/y |         1.237 %qtr/qtr
2000.3                     37209.7   |    2.527 %y/y |         0.379 %qtr/qtr
2000.2                     37069.3   |    2.896 %y/y |         2.171 %qtr/qtr
2000.1                     36281.7   |    1.688 %y/y |        -1.475 %qtr/qtr
1999.4                     36825.0   |    4.404 %y/y |         1.467 %qtr/qtr
1999.3                     36292.7   |    3.956 %y/y |         0.740 %qtr/qtr
1999.2                     36026.0   |    4.134 %y/y |         0.972 %qtr/qtr
1999.1                     35679.3   |    3.826 %y/y |         1.156 %qtr/qtr
1998.4                     35271.7   |    2.542 %y/y |         1.031 %qtr/qtr
1998.3                     34911.7   |    1.791 %y/y |         0.913 %qtr/qtr
1998.2                     34595.7   |    1.661 %y/y |         0.672 %qtr/qtr
1998.1                     34364.7   |    0.876 %y/y |        -0.095 %qtr/qtr
1997.4                     34397.3   |    1.720 %y/y |         0.292 %qtr/qtr
1997.3                     34297.3   |    2.138 %y/y |         0.785 %qtr/qtr
1997.2                     34030.3   |    2.147 %y/y |        -0.106 %qtr/qtr
1997.1                     34066.3   |    2.908 %y/y |         0.741 %qtr/qtr
1996.4                     33815.7   |    2.923 %y/y |         0.704 %qtr/qtr
1996.3                     33579.3   |    2.922 %y/y |         0.793 %qtr/qtr
1996.2                     33315.0   |    2.370 %y/y |         0.638 %qtr/qtr
1996.1                     33103.7   |    1.625 %y/y |         0.756 %qtr/qtr
1995.4                     32855.3   |    1.497 %y/y |         0.703 %qtr/qtr
1995.3                     32626.0   |    1.184 %y/y |         0.253 %qtr/qtr
1995.2                     32543.7   |    1.511 %y/y |        -0.094 %qtr/qtr
1995.1                     32574.3   |    2.744 %y/y |         0.629 %qtr/qtr
1994.4                     32370.7   |    2.897 %y/y |         0.392 %qtr/qtr
1994.3                     32244.3   |    3.070 %y/y |         0.577 %qtr/qtr
1994.2                     32059.3   |    2.659 %y/y |         1.120 %qtr/qtr
1994.1                     31704.3   |    1.676 %y/y |         0.779 %qtr/qtr
1993.4                     31459.3   |    0.944 %y/y |         0.560 %qtr/qtr
1993.3                     31284.0   |    0.779 %y/y |         0.176 %qtr/qtr
1993.2                     31229.0   |    1.524 %y/y |         0.152 %qtr/qtr
1993.1                     31181.7   |    2.175 %y/y |         0.053 %qtr/qtr
1992.4                     31165.0   |               |         0.395 %qtr/qtr
1992.3                     31042.3   |               |         0.917 %qtr/qtr
1992.2                     30760.3   |               |         0.794 %qtr/qtr
1992.1                     30518.0   |               |