HERE COMES RETAIL SALES...

Heads up! We are minutes away from the release of January U.S. retail sales data, due out at 8:30 AM ET.

Economists predict total sales were flat in January after rising 0.2% from the previous month in December.

Excluding autos, sales are expected to have risen 0.1% in January after advancing 0.7% in December.

Excluding autos and gasoline, sales are expected to have risen 0.1% following a 0.6% advance in December.

The retail sales control group, a measure that feeds into the calculation of GDP, is expected to have risen 0.2% following a 0.7% advance the month before.

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