The Commerce Department reported on Wednesday the sales at U.S. retailers fell 1.1 percent m-o-m in November, following a revised 0.1 percent m-o-m decrease in October (originally a 0.3 percent m-o-m gain).

Economists had expected total sales would drop 0.3 percent m-o-m in November.

Excluding auto, retail sales decreased 0.9 percent m-o-m in November after a revised 0.1 percent m-o-m fall in the previous month (originally a 0.2 percent m-o-m increase), being much worse than economists’ forecast of a 0.1 percent m-o-m rise.

Meanwhile, closely watched core retail sales, which exclude automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, and are used in GDP calculations, dropped 0.5 percent m-o-m in November after a downwardly revised 0.1 percent m-o-m dip in October (originally a 0.1 percent m-o-m gain).

In y-o-y terms, the U.S. retail sales grew 4.1 percent in November after a revised 5.5 climb in the previous month (originally a 5.7 percent jump).