US October 2015 retail sales results
- Prior advance retail sales +0.1%
- Ex autos +0.2% vs +0.4% expected
- Prior ex autos -0.3% (revised to -0.4%)
- Ex autos and gas +0.3% vs +0.4% expected
- Prior ex autos and gas 0.0%
- Control group +0.2% vs +0.4% expected
- Prior control group -0.1% (revised to +0.1%)
EUR/USD at 1.0759 ahead of the data.
It's mostly weaker and the US dollar is down on the data but if you look at the control group, it's pretty close to expectations if you factor in the control group.
In the breakdown by category nothing jumps out as particularly notable. Electronics have been weak all year and I think that just speaks to the lack of exciting consumer electronics aside from smartphones. Non-store retailers is pretty much the Amazon category and that remains strong.
