US retail gross sales for July 0.5% vs 0.5% est. Ex Auto 0.3% vs 0.3% est.

• Prior month retail sales 0.6% revised to +0.9%
• Retail Sales 0.5% vs 0.5% est.
• Retail sales ex autos 0.3% vs 0.3% est. prior month revised to 0.8% from 0.5%
• Retail sales ex gas/autos 0.2% vs +0.6% last month. Prior month revised to 0.8% from 0.6%
• Control group 0.5% vs 0.4% estimate. Prior month revised higher to 0.8% from 0.5%
• Retail Sale YoY.3.92% vs 4.35% last month (revised from 3.92%)

Retail sales come in as expected, but the growth slows from the higher revisioned data the previous month.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.