Adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday and trading-daydifferences instead of price changes, advance estimates of U.S.retail and food services sales for August 2017 were 474.8 billionU.S. dollars, a decrease of 0.2 percent from the previous month,and 3.2 percent above August 2016 http://www.officialsunsprostore.com/kids-jason-kidd-suns-jersey/ , the Commerce Department saidFriday.
Data for July were revised to show sales increasing 0.3 percentinstead of a previously reported 0.6 percent surge, according tothe department.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six majorpeers, was down 0.23 percent at 91.913 in late trading.
Meanwhile, Wall Street has kept a close eye on inflation data asthey might indicate the Federal Reserve's next move.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.4percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. LaborDepartment reported Thursday.
Over the last 12 months http://www.officialsunsprostore.com/kids-grant-hill-suns-jersey/ , consumer prices rose 1.9 percent. The12-month change in the index for all items less food and energyremained at 1.7 percent for the fourth month in a row, according tothe report.
Market expectations for a Fed rate hike in December stood at50.9 percent, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool.
The Fed is scheduled to announce its latest decision on monetarypolicy next week. While the central bank is not expected toannounce a rate hike, it is expected to start unwinding its massiveportfolio that has amounted to 4.5 trillion dollars.
In late New York trading, the euro increased to 1.1939 dollarsfrom 1.1918 dollars in the previous session, and the British poundincreased to 1.3571 dollars from 1.3400 U.S. dollars in theprevious session. The Australian dollar increased to 0.8000 dollarfrom 0.7990 dollar.
The dollar bought 110.89 Japanese yen http://www.officialsunsprostore.com/kids-george-king-suns-jersey/ , higher than 110.53 yen ofthe previous session. The U.S. dollar was down to 0.9600 Swissfranc from 0.9642 Swiss franc, and it inched up to 1.2188 Canadiandollars from 1.2187 Canadian dollars. Enditem
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