Friday, November 14, 2014

US retail sales picking up

Retail sales and core retail sales both increased by 0.3% in October. The effects of a cheaper oil prices are encouraging consumers to spend more. Bloomberg said "as unemployment falls and energy costs continue to retreat, consumers will have the means to maintain purchases heading into the all-important holiday-shopping season".

A number of high importance economic data from the US have been predictable lately since the third quarter GDP figures came out.

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