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US Bureau of the Census

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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) : General Merchandise Stores | Units : Millions of Dollars, seas adj, nominal 16 EconStats does not guarantee the accuracy of this data. 20081115

16 Retail Sales

General Merchandise Stores

quarterly avg over months

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

        |             col (1)       |
        | General Merchandise       |
        | Stores                    |
        | NOT Seas Adj              |
        | Millions of Dollars;      |
        | seas adj; nominal         |
        | Avg over  Quarter         |
Year Qtr|___________Jan92_to_Oct08 _|
2008.4                     49639.0   |    2.173 %y/y |        -1.020 %qtr/qtr
2008.3                     50150.7   |    3.854 %y/y |         0.015 %qtr/qtr
2008.2                     50143.0   |    5.257 %y/y |         2.379 %qtr/qtr
2008.1                     48978.0   |    3.065 %y/y |         0.812 %qtr/qtr
2007.4                     48583.3   |    4.146 %y/y |         0.608 %qtr/qtr
2007.3                     48289.7   |    4.672 %y/y |         1.367 %qtr/qtr
2007.2                     47638.7   |    3.906 %y/y |         0.246 %qtr/qtr
2007.1                     47521.7   |    4.768 %y/y |         1.870 %qtr/qtr
2006.4                     46649.3   |    4.095 %y/y |         1.116 %qtr/qtr
2006.3                     46134.3   |    5.040 %y/y |         0.625 %qtr/qtr
2006.2                     45848.0   |    5.211 %y/y |         1.078 %qtr/qtr
2006.1                     45359.0   |    6.199 %y/y |         1.215 %qtr/qtr
2005.4                     44814.3   |    6.159 %y/y |         2.035 %qtr/qtr
2005.3                     43920.7   |    6.236 %y/y |         0.789 %qtr/qtr
2005.2                     43577.0   |    6.432 %y/y |         2.027 %qtr/qtr
2005.1                     42711.3   |    4.981 %y/y |         1.177 %qtr/qtr
2004.4                     42214.3   |    5.872 %y/y |         2.108 %qtr/qtr
2004.3                     41342.7   |    3.895 %y/y |         0.975 %qtr/qtr
2004.2                     40943.7   |    6.198 %y/y |         0.636 %qtr/qtr
2004.1                     40685.0   |    6.924 %y/y |         2.036 %qtr/qtr
2003.4                     39873.0   |    5.599 %y/y |         0.202 %qtr/qtr
2003.3                     39792.7   |    7.104 %y/y |         3.213 %qtr/qtr
2003.2                     38554.0   |    3.268 %y/y |         1.324 %qtr/qtr
2003.1                     38050.3   |    2.872 %y/y |         0.772 %qtr/qtr
2002.4                     37759.0   |    2.988 %y/y |         1.630 %qtr/qtr
2002.3                     37153.3   |    3.773 %y/y |        -0.484 %qtr/qtr
2002.2                     37334.0   |    6.005 %y/y |         0.935 %qtr/qtr
2002.1                     36988.0   |    6.211 %y/y |         0.885 %qtr/qtr
2001.4                     36663.7   |    6.367 %y/y |         2.406 %qtr/qtr
2001.3                     35802.3   |    5.713 %y/y |         1.656 %qtr/qtr
2001.2                     35219.0   |    5.976 %y/y |         1.131 %qtr/qtr
2001.1                     34825.0   |    6.708 %y/y |         1.033 %qtr/qtr
2000.4                     34469.0   |    6.216 %y/y |         1.777 %qtr/qtr
2000.3                     33867.3   |    6.369 %y/y |         1.909 %qtr/qtr
2000.2                     33233.0   |    6.219 %y/y |         1.830 %qtr/qtr
2000.1                     32635.7   |    5.110 %y/y |         0.567 %qtr/qtr
1999.4                     32451.7   |    8.267 %y/y |         1.923 %qtr/qtr
1999.3                     31839.3   |    8.646 %y/y |         1.764 %qtr/qtr
1999.2                     31287.3   |    7.351 %y/y |         0.768 %qtr/qtr
1999.1                     31049.0   |    8.362 %y/y |         3.588 %qtr/qtr
1998.4                     29973.7   |    6.653 %y/y |         2.279 %qtr/qtr
1998.3                     29305.7   |    4.855 %y/y |         0.551 %qtr/qtr
1998.2                     29145.0   |    6.743 %y/y |         1.717 %qtr/qtr
1998.1                     28653.0   |    5.151 %y/y |         1.953 %qtr/qtr
1997.4                     28104.0   |    4.372 %y/y |         0.556 %qtr/qtr
1997.3                     27948.7   |    5.715 %y/y |         2.361 %qtr/qtr
1997.2                     27304.0   |    4.454 %y/y |         0.201 %qtr/qtr
1997.1                     27249.3   |    6.954 %y/y |         1.198 %qtr/qtr
1996.4                     26926.7   |    6.182 %y/y |         1.850 %qtr/qtr
1996.3                     26437.7   |    4.288 %y/y |         1.140 %qtr/qtr
1996.2                     26139.7   |    4.869 %y/y |         2.598 %qtr/qtr
1996.1                     25477.7   |    3.798 %y/y |         0.468 %qtr/qtr
1995.4                     25359.0   |    3.746 %y/y |         0.033 %qtr/qtr
1995.3                     25350.7   |    6.295 %y/y |         1.704 %qtr/qtr
1995.2                     24926.0   |    6.462 %y/y |         1.551 %qtr/qtr
1995.1                     24545.3   |    6.226 %y/y |         0.417 %qtr/qtr
1994.4                     24443.3   |    7.156 %y/y |         2.491 %qtr/qtr
1994.3                     23849.3   |    6.693 %y/y |         1.864 %qtr/qtr
1994.2                     23413.0   |    7.170 %y/y |         1.326 %qtr/qtr
1994.1                     23106.7   |    8.095 %y/y |         1.296 %qtr/qtr
1993.4                     22811.0   |    7.319 %y/y |         2.047 %qtr/qtr
1993.3                     22353.3   |    9.113 %y/y |         2.319 %qtr/qtr
1993.2                     21846.7   |    7.863 %y/y |         2.200 %qtr/qtr
1993.1                     21376.3   |    6.366 %y/y |         0.569 %qtr/qtr
1992.4                     21255.3   |               |         3.754 %qtr/qtr
1992.3                     20486.3   |               |         1.147 %qtr/qtr
1992.2                     20254.0   |               |         0.781 %qtr/qtr
1992.1                     20097.0   |               |