Tag Archives: Advanced Retail Sales

2008-09-12 USER

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Producer Price Index MoM (Aug)

Survey -0.5%
Actual -0.9%
Prior 1.2%
Revised n/a

 
A welcome drop for the Fed but only wipes out part of last month’s gain.

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PPI Ex Food and Energy MoM (Aug)

Survey 0.2%
Actual 0.2%
Prior 0.7%
Revised n/a

 
Again, moderating a bit, but the two month average is still very high.

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Producer Price Index YoY (Aug)

Survey 10.2%
Actual 9.6%
Prior 9.8%
Revised n/a

 
Still sky high.

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PPI Ex Food and Energy YoY (Aug)

Survey 3.7%
Actual 3.6%
Prior 3.5%
Revised n/a

 
Less than expected but still too high.

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Advanced Retail Sales MoM (Aug)

Survey 0.2%
Actual -0.3%
Prior -0.1%
Revised -0.5%

 
Weaker than expected and previous month revised lower as well.

A large drop in gasoline sales due to falling prices was a factor. Ex gasoline sales retail sales were flat.

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Advanced Retail Sales YoY (Aug)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.6%
Prior 2.1%
Revised n/a

 
While muddling through with modest increases, the drift looks lower.

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Retail Sales Less Autos MoM (Aug)

Survey -0.2%
Actual -0.7%
Prior 0.4%
Revised 0.3%

 
Lower than expected and more than reverses last month.

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Business Inventories (Jul)

Survey 0.5%
Actual 1.1%
Prior 0.7%
Revised 0.8%

 
Higher than expected. Question is whether this is in response to higher sales or unwanted due to lower sales.

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Business Inventories YoY (Jul)

Survey n/a
Actual 6.4%
Prior 5.7%
Revised n/a

 
Inventory levels look reasonable here.

Karim writes:

  • Gas prices showing their importance

  • Confidence rises from 63 to 73.1 (though level still quite low historically)

  • 1yr fwd inflation expex fall from 4.8% to 3.6%

  • 5-10yr fwd inflation expex fall from 3.2% to 2.9% (back in the range)


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