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Data Round-Up: After Soft Start in Retail, Consumption on Track for +2% Real Gain in 15Q2
posted by Michael Lewis on May 13, 2015
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Headline
April retail sales were a clear disappointment, especially given mostly favorable conditions on the ground (the early Easter holiday takes some of the blame -- combined March-April results were reasonable).
Abstract
FMI’s analyses of today’s April Retail Sales and March Business Inventories reports, an updated look at 15Q1 GDP Sources & Assumptions, and a review of April US Dollar and Trade Prices results.