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U.S. Dec. imported natural gas prices rise 10.1%
U.S. Dec. non-petroleum import prices rise 0.4%
U.S. Dec. petroleum import prices rise 4.8%
U.S. Dec. import prices rise 0.2% excluding fuels
U.S. Dec. import prices rise 1.1% vs. 0.8% expected

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Prices of goods imported into the United States climbed by 1.1% in December, led by big increases in the prices of imported petroleum and natural gas. The December data from the Labor Department follows a revised 0.5% gain in November and suggests some inflationary pressure from abroad. Imported petroleum prices rose by 4.8%, their biggest increase in seven months. Imported natural gas prices climbed by 10.1% in December, following a gain of 43.2% in November. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch were expecting import prices to climb by 0.8% in December. Year-over-year, import prices have climbed 2.5%.

U.S. retail sales up 6.0% in 2006, down from 6.9% in 2005
U.S. Dec. retail sales ex-auto and ex-gas up 0.7%
U.S. Dec. retail sales ex-gasoline up 0.6%
U.S. Nov. retail sales revised to up 0.6% vs 1.0 prev
U.S. Dec. retail sales ex-autos up 1.0% vs 0.5% expected
U.S. Dec. retail sales gain highest since July
U.S. Dec. retail sales up 0.9% vs 0.7% expected

ECONOMIC REPORT: Retail sales show solid gain in Dec.; Overall sales up 0.9%, biggest gain since July
By Greg Robb, MarketWatch Last Update: 8:30 AM ET Jan 12, 2007

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - U.S. retail sales increased 0.9% in December, the best gain in five months, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Auto sales rose 0.3% in December. Excluding car sales, seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 1.0% in December. This was the largest gain since January.
Gasoline sales rose 3.8% in December. This was the largest increase since April. Excluding gas, retail sales increased 0.6%.
Economists were expecting a 0.7% gain for overall sales and 0.5% excluding autos, according to a survey conducted by MarketWatch.
For all of 2006, sales increased 6.0%, down from a 6.9% gain in 2005. The figures are not adjusted for inflation.
Retail sales increased a revised 0.6% in October and 0.7% excluding autos. This is down from the initial estimate of a 1% gain in overall sales and a 0.9% ex-auto gain.
The brightest spot in the report was sales at electronics stores, which rose 3% after a 5.8% gain in November.
General merchandise store sales rose 0.9%. Within that category, department store sales rose 0.2%.
Sales at leisure goods stores - such as sporting goods, music, books and hobbies - slipped 0.1%.
Clothing store sales rose 0.6% despite reports that warm weather was holding down sales of winter clothes.
Sales of food were strong. At food stores, sales increased 0.7%. Restaurant and bar sales rose 2.3%
Sales at personal care stores rose 1.2% in December after a 1.0% gain in November.
Sales at nonstore outlets, such as online stores or catalogs, rose 0.3%.
The biggest area of weakness was in sales at building materials and gardening stores, which dropped 1.1% in December after falling 0.5% in the previous month. Building material sales have fallen for five straight months.