Due at 1330GMT on Friday 14 December 2018 from the US
A couple of quick bank 'what to watch' previews
HSBC:
- Lower gasoline prices likely led to a drop in gasoline station sales in November. However, it will be more important to see how sales evolved in key categories such as online shopping, general merchandise stores, and food services. We expect that both total retail sales and ex-autos sales rose 0.1%.
Barclays:
- We expect retail sales to have increased 0.2% m/m in November, led by continued strength in core sales (+0.4% m/m). Elsewhere in the report, we expect gas station sales to register a decline, given the fall in energy prices over the coverage period. For auto sales, we expect a flat reading, taking a cue from manufacturers' reports released earlier in the month that showed a small decline in November sales. For sales excluding autos, we forecast an increase of 0.3%.
