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January retail sales slipped almost 1%, but views differ on what it means
On Friday, the Census Bureau gave us retail sales data for January, which fell 0.9% from December. That’s a much bigger drop than economists were expecting. Now, we usually see a drop in retail sales ...
Retail sales report suggests consumers weren’t trying to ‘front-run tariffs’
The drop in U.S. retail sales in January was broad, with “little evidence of consumers trying to front-run tariffs,” according to Capital Economics. “The large fall in control group retail sales in ...
American Retail Spending Is Down for the First Time in 5 Months
Retail sales in the United States declined 0.9 percent in January, the first drop in sales since August. Specialty stores and ...
Wall Street’s fear gauge falls as stocks shake off looming tariffs, weak retail-sales report
Wall Street’s so-called fear gauge was down on Friday, on pace for a weekly decline as stock-market investors shook off looming tariffs and a weak report on U.S. retail sales. The Cboe Volatility ...
Stock market ends narrowly mixed. Trump's tariff delay edges out hot inflation, weak sales
Retail sales slipped 0.9% in January from an upwardly revised 0.7% gain in December, and below the Dow Jones estimate for a 0 ...
Treasury yields end at one-week lows after surprisingly steep drop in retail sales
U.S. government debt rallied for a second day on Friday, sending yields to one-week lows, after January retail-sales data came in sharply lower than expected and raised questions about the strength of ...