US Retail Sales Growth Slows in September, PPI Increases 0.3%

We've got a little bit of a disappointment in terms of retail sales. Headline retail sales come in up 2/10 of a percent. They were up 6/10 in the month of August.Now, remember, this is September data. The expectation was for a 4/10 rise. Ex autos were up 3/10, which is what was forecast.But the control group, we don't have that number yet, hasn't come through yet. We'll get that for you in just a second. But ex autos and gas of all the 8/10 of a percent.So a lot having to do with prices there in terms of PP ...