Jun. 17 at 1:44 PM
Retail sales rose +0.9% m/m in May vs est of +0.6% & notable increase from +0.4% in April.
May sales rose +6.9% y/y
Core retail sales rose +0.7% m/m - sales at gas stations rose +1ppt from April, to +3.4% in May
The control-group sales (ex-purchases of autos, gasoline, building materials, & restaurant meals and feed into the BEA measure of economic growt) rose by +0.7% m/m in May
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