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8:30am 06/14/05 U.S. MAY PPI ENERGY PRICES DOWN 3.5%
8:30am 06/14/05 U.S. MAY CORE PPI UP 0.1% VS. 0.2 % EXPECTED
8:30am 06/14/05 U.S. MAY PPI BIGGEST DROP SINCE APRIL 2003
8:30am 06/14/05 U.S. MAY PPI DOWN 0.6% VS. FALL 0.2% EXPECTED

8:30am 06/14/05 U.S. APRIL RETAIL SALES REVISED UP 1.5% VS. 1.4% PREV.
8:30am 06/14/05 U.S. MAY RETAIL SALES EX-AUTOS DN 0.2% VS 0.3% EXPECTED
8:30am 06/14/05 U.S. MAY RETAIL SALES DOWN 0.5% VS. DOWN 0.1% EXPECTED


ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. retail sales fall 0.5% in May; Sales at retail outlets weaker than expected
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:46 AM ET June 14, 2005

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - U.S. retail sales fell 0.5% in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, which was more than had been expected.

Analysts surveyed by MarketWatch were expecting sales to fall by 0.1%.

Excluding auto sales, retail sales fell 0.2%, slightly less than the 0.3% economists were expecting.

In May, sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers dropped 1.6%.

Sales of other durable goods were mixed: building material sales improved by 0.5%, while furniture sales rose 0.4% and electronics and appliance store sales fell 0.1%.

General merchandise store sales decreased 0.1%. Within that category, department store sales fell 0.9%.

Clothing store sales dropped 0.8% in May.

Sales at leisure-time stores such as sporting goods and books rose 0.5%.

Gasoline station sales dropped 1.6%.

Sales at food stores increased 0.1%. Sales at restaurants and bars decreased 0.3%.

Sales at health and personal care stores increased 0.8%.

Sales at non-store outlets such as catalogs and online stores fell 1.1%.



ECONOMIC REPORT: Producer prices fall 0.6% in May; It's the biggest monthly decline since April 2003
By Greg Robb, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:45 AM ET June 14, 2005

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Inflationary pressures eased in May.

The producer price index fell a sharp 0.6% in May, with about three-quarters of the drop due to the sharpest decline in energy prices in two years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. It's the biggest one-month decline since a 1.5% drop in April 2003.

Excluding food and energy costs, the core PPI rose 0.1%.

The magnitude of the decline in the May PPI was unexpected and the gain in the core rate was below forecasts. Wall Street economists had forecast the index would fall 0.2%, while core prices were expected to increase 0.2%, according to a survey conducted by MarketWatch.

The decline reverses the 0.6% rise in the PPI in April, with the core rate up 0.3%.

Over the past year, the PPI has risen 3.5%, the smallest year-over-year increase since last September. The core rate is up 2.6% over the past 12 months.

Further back in the production cycle, crude goods prices fell 2.0% in May, for the largest drop since January.

Intermediate goods prices fell 0.7% in May, the biggest decline in two years.

Intermediate prices are up 6.3% over the past 12 months, while crude goods are up 6.1%.

The Labor Department will release the May consumer price index on Wednesday.

In May, energy prices fell 3.5%, the biggest decline since April 2003. Food prices fell 0.3%, the first decline since January.

Passenger car prices slipped 0.2% in May, while light motor truck prices fell 0.9%.

Partially offsetting these declines was a 2.2% increase in construction machinery, the largest increase since January 1980.

Cigarette prices rose 0.8%.

In a separate report, the Commerce Department said retail sales in May were weaker than expected.