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Data Round-Up: 'Gray' July Retail Sales Point to Softer 14Q3 Consumption Growth
posted by Michael Lewis on August 13, 2014
Found in Middle East, categorized in Growth Outlook and Business Cycle
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July’s drab retail results put 14Q3 on track for only about +1.75% real consumption growth, less than we had been expecting. Still, this is very early data, and we remain confident that underlying trends are improving.
Abstract
FMI’s analyses of today’s July Retail Sales and June Business Inventories reports as well as an updated look at 14Q2 GDP Sources & Assumptions.