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2024-07-17 05:00:00 ET Summary The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for June revealed headline sales were flat last month. Core sales (ex Autos) rose 0.4% in June, coming in higher than the expected 0.1% growth. Current control purchases are up 4.1% compared to June...

2024-07-17 03:00:00 ET Summary Retail sales without gasoline and auto sales jumped by 0.8% in June from May, seasonally adjusted, the biggest increase since January 2023, spread among many categories of retailers. The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow forecast for Q2 real GDP was update...

2024-07-16 12:20:00 ET Summary U.S. retail sales for June showed unexpectedly robust performance, with overall sales remaining flat above expectations of -0.3% month-over-month. Excluding autos, sales increased by 0.4%, above flat expectations, while the key control group, which e...

2024-07-16 03:45:00 ET Summary Inflation is still affecting retailers - during the last earnings season, 73% mentioned inflation during their earnings calls. Walmart raised its full-year guidance as more consumers continued to gravitate towards everyday values and become loyal sho...

2024-07-15 13:20:00 ET Summary Consumer spending drives just under 60% of Canadian GDP growth, and consumer spending fell across all categories in June–discretionary and essential. Fewer Canadians have renovated their homes amid a sluggish housing sector, while food service...

2024-06-26 05:06:00 ET More on Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II - Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Invesco SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF declares quarterly distribution of $0.3318

2024-06-24 10:16:00 ET Summary The economic environment was unchanged last week, as the 10-year rate and the dollar both rose slightly. Large cap growth stocks and commodities continue to lead on the YTD basis with intermediate-term Treasuries flat, while small-cap stocks and REIT...

2024-06-19 04:55:00 ET Summary There are two crucial things that go into retail sales: Seasonal adjustments and inflation/deflation in goods, which is what retailers sell. Inflation in the US has been raging in services, where two-thirds of consumer spending goes. Nondurable g...

2024-06-18 13:25:00 ET Summary US retail sales were softer than hoped in May and with April revised to show a contraction, we are seeing more evidence of a cooling consumer spending story. With inflation pressures seemingly moderating and unemployment ticking higher, a September F...

2024-06-18 05:30:00 ET Summary LSEG IFR Markets forecasts a challenging development for Q2 U.S. retail sales, with overall and ex-autos sales anticipated to increase by only 0.2% in May 2024. Unit auto sales experienced modest growth for the month, reaching an annualized rate of 1...