TABLE-US chain store sales fell 0.2 pct last week-ICSC

Tue May 6, 2008 7:45am EDT

NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) – The International Council ofShopping Centers and UBS Securities on Tuesday released the following seasonally adjusted weekly data on U.S. chain store retail sales.

WEEK ENDING	INDEX 1977=100	YEAR/YEAR CHANGE (%)	WEEKLY CHANGE (%)
May 3	495.4	2.3	-0.2
April 26	496.3	1.9	0.9
April 19	491.8	1.4	-0.7
April 12	495.3	1.8	0.9

The ICSC-UBS weekly U.S. retail chain store sales index is ajoint publication between ICSC and UBS Securities LLC. It measures nominal same-store sales, excluding restaurant and vehicle demand, and represents about 75 retail chain stores.

Muddling through like most export economies.

Year over year looks okay.