US October advance retail sales +0.8% vs 0.5% expected

Retail sales for October

• Prior was +0.1% revised to -0.1%
• Ex autos 0.7% vs +0.5% exp
• Prior ex autos -0.1%
• Ex autos and gas +0.3% vs +0.4% exp
• Prior ex autos and gas +0.0%)
• Control group 0.3% vs +0.4% exp
• Prior control group +0.5% (revised to 0.3%)

A good beat on the headline figure.