US June retail sales 0.0% versus -0.3%

• Prior month of 0.1% revised 2+0.3%

Details:

• Retail sales 0.0% vs -0.3% estimate
• Retail sales YoY +2.3%
• Ex Autos 0.4% vs 0.0% estimate
• Prior ex autos -0.1% revised to 0.1%
• Control group 0.9% vs 0.2% estimate
• Prior month control group 0.4%
• Ex autos and gas 0.8% vs 0.3% last month. Prior month revised from 0.1%

Stronger from all angles vs expectations. In addition the revisions for the retail sales were better as well.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.