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Retail Sales Perked Up, But Real Consumption Underwhelmed for 15Q1

posted by Michael Lewis on April 14, 2015

Found in US, categorized in Macro

Tags: FMI michael lewis retail sales business inventories PPI NFIB small business optimism index

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Undeniably, the sharp drop in gasoline prices has been a boon to consumers. Having gone through such fluctuations before, however, they have been cautious.

Abstract

FMI’s analyses of today’s March Retail Sales, February Business Inventories and March PPI reports, as well as the March NFIB Small Business Optimism Index. 

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Michael Lewis

Mike Lewis founded Free Market Inc. (FMI) in 1982 as a full-service economic consulting firm, providing insights and in-depth data analysis primarily for institutional money managers and corporate planning directors.

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