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Retail Sales Need to Show a Resilient Consumer. Wall Street Is Depending on It.

This week’s retail sales report will show if resilient spending can withstand rising prices and tariff uncertainty.

Retail spending rose 0.5% in July

Consumers are still buying things in the United States, a new report from the Census Bureau said Friday. Spending at U.S.

Car buyers rev up U.S. retail sales in effort to beat tariff price hikes. Economy is still growing.

Sales at retailers rose solidly in July for the second month in a row, but the increase in spending appeared to be a ...

Retail Looks Up As Inflation Eases, But Consumer Uncertainties Cloud The Picture

Retail sales remain strong, but consumers face slowing wage growth and rising credit card debt, limiting their ability to ...

China's factory output, retail sales growth slump in blow to economy

Policymakers are under pressure to roll out more stimulus to revive domestic demand and ward off external shocks to the $19 ...

Retail sales, Trump-Putin summit, Berkshire buys UNH: 3 Things

Here are three of the stories Wall Street is watching on Friday, Aug. 15. Retail sales in July rose 0.5% from the month prior ...

Real Retail Sales Continue To Run

Real Retail Sales are holding steady but on an uptrend from April 2024. The past 2mos saw higher revisions. There was a noted ...

July retail sales point to scenario in which corporate profits, stock prices can keep climbing: Northlight

July's solid 0.5% increase in retail sales was giving way to greater optimism in the stock market on Friday about the ability ...