August 2016 US retail sales -0.3% vs -0.1% exp m/m

August 2016 US retail sales

• Prior 0.0%. Revised to 0.1%

• Ex-autos -0.1% vs 0.2% exp m/m. Prior -0.3%. Revised to -0.4%

• Ex-autos/gas -0.1% vs 0.3% exp m/m. Prior -0.1%

• Control group -0.1% vs 0.4% exp m/m. Prior 0.0%. Revised to -0.1%

Retails worse than expected and that's sunk the buck. We've been steadied somewhat by the better Philly Fed numbers.