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<blockquote data-quote="inactive" data-source="post: 2107791" data-attributes="member: 7488"><a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/02/13/us-retail-sales-rise-01-in-january/" target="_blank">http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/02/13/us-retail-sales-rise-01-in-january/</a>You should check the PDF.&nbsp; It&#039;s short and pretty interesting, really.(New) Car production is not tracked in this figure, but are a good indicator to gauge consumer spending.&nbsp; Their manufacturing was down slightly in January:<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-factory-output-falls-weak-auto-production-141755775--finance.html" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/us-factory-output-falls-weak-auto-production-141755775--finance.html</a>But it is up a good amount over the last several years:<a href="http://wardsauto.com/site-files/wardsauto.com/files/datasheets/gated/UsaSa01summary_1.xls" target="_blank">http://wardsauto.com/site-files/wardsauto.com/files/datasheets/gated/UsaSa01summary_1.xls</a>[code]Year&nbsp; &nbsp; Cars&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Trucks&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Total2012&nbsp; &nbsp; 7,241,900&nbsp; &nbsp; 7,544,036&nbsp; &nbsp; 14,785,9362011&nbsp; &nbsp; 6,089,403&nbsp; &nbsp; 6,951,210&nbsp; &nbsp; 13,040,6132010&nbsp; &nbsp; 5,635,432&nbsp; &nbsp; 6,136,787&nbsp; &nbsp; 11,772,2192009&nbsp; &nbsp; 5,400,890&nbsp; &nbsp; 5,200,478&nbsp; &nbsp; 10,601,3682008&nbsp; &nbsp; 6,769,107&nbsp; &nbsp; 6,724,058&nbsp; &nbsp; 13,493,1652007&nbsp; &nbsp; 7,562,334&nbsp; &nbsp; 8,897,981&nbsp; &nbsp; 16,460,3152006&nbsp; &nbsp; 7,761,592&nbsp; &nbsp; 9,287,389&nbsp; &nbsp; 17,048,9812005&nbsp; &nbsp; 7,659,983&nbsp; &nbsp; 9,784,346&nbsp; &nbsp; 17,444,3292004&nbsp; &nbsp; 7,482,555&nbsp; &nbsp; 9,816,018&nbsp; &nbsp; 17,298,573[/code]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="inactive, post: 2107791, member: 7488"] [url]http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/02/13/us-retail-sales-rise-01-in-january/[/url] You should check the PDF. It's short and pretty interesting, really. (New) Car production is not tracked in this figure, but are a good indicator to gauge consumer spending. Their manufacturing was down slightly in January: [url]http://news.yahoo.com/us-factory-output-falls-weak-auto-production-141755775--finance.html[/url] But it is up a good amount over the last several years: [url]http://wardsauto.com/site-files/wardsauto.com/files/datasheets/gated/UsaSa01summary_1.xls[/url] [code] Year Cars Trucks Total 2012 7,241,900 7,544,036 14,785,936 2011 6,089,403 6,951,210 13,040,613 2010 5,635,432 6,136,787 11,772,219 2009 5,400,890 5,200,478 10,601,368 2008 6,769,107 6,724,058 13,493,165 2007 7,562,334 8,897,981 16,460,315 2006 7,761,592 9,287,389 17,048,981 2005 7,659,983 9,784,346 17,444,329 2004 7,482,555 9,816,018 17,298,573 [/code] [/QUOTE]

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