Unemployment Claims
Total claims filed under state and federal programs rose for a fourth week in a row, which means that the labor market is not healing but deteriorating again. In fact, claims data worsened on every metric except for the number of state filings on a seasonally-adjusted basis, which was unchanged from the previous week.
Source: MarketWatch
Claims started to rise shortly after enhanced benefits for the unemployed ended, which I do not see as a coincidence. The end of those benefits resulted in a huge decline in personal income, which inevitably impacts retail