US retail sales for September 0.2% versus 0.4% estimate

• Prior month (August) 0.6%
• Retail sales for September 0.2% vs 0.4% estimate.
• Retail sales ex auto 0.3% vs 0.3% estimate. Prior month 0.7% revised lower to 0.6%.
• Retail sales ex gas/auto 0.1% vs 0.7% last month revised lower to 0.6%
• Retail Control Group -0.1% versus 0.3% estimate. Prior month 0.7% revised lower to 0.6%. The weakest number since August 2024. The control group feeds into GDP.
• Retail Sale YoY 3.9% vs 5.0% last month.

US yields are down modestly with the 10 year at 4.017%, -1.9 basis points after the data dump.

The US dollar moved lower after the data.

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