New data on retail sales today that gave a sense of all-important consumer spending as we head into the heart of the holiday shopping season. There was a whole bunch of data this morning that had been ...

Retail sales in May, seasonally adjusted, fell by 0.9% from April, and in April they’d dipped a hair from March, but in March they’d spiked by 1.5% from February. In terms of new-vehicle unit sales, ...

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for July showed consumer spending was slightly lower than expected, with headline sales rising 0.5%. This marks the second consecutive monthly increase ...