Retail Sales Brightened in November
Sales growth for U.S. retailers picked up in November, evidence that the consumer economy didn't lose steam in the home stretch of last year.
Retail sales grew by 0.6% in November to $735.9 billion, an improvement from a slight pullback by shoppers in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Analysts polled by The Wall Street Journal were expecting a 0.4% November increase.
In some ways, the economy now looks more fragile than during the post-pandemic economic boom, with more slack in the labor market and heightened uncertainty over changes in federal trade and...
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