US retail sales rose 0.6% mom to USD 697.6B in August, above expectation of 0.2% mom. Ex-auto sales rose 0.6% to USD 564.0B, above expectation of 0.4% mom. Ex-gasoline sales rose 0.2% mom to USD 642.3B. Ex-auto & gasoline sales rose 0.2% mom to USD 508.8B
In the three months through August, sales were up 2.2% yoy from the same period a year ago.
