( ) -q-20- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “sales rose 0.6-percent.” Consumers picked up their spending in April from March. [CutID: <Cuts> RETAIL-SALES-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 20s Title: RETAIL-SALES-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: sales rose 0.6-percent] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Spending increased 1.2% at online retailers and ticked up 0.6% at restaurants and bars. Department stores, electronic stores and home […]
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Retail sales up 0.4% in April from March, buoyed by solid job market
( ) -q-20- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “sales rose 0.6-percent.”
Consumers picked up their spending in April from March.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Spending increased 1.2% at online retailers and ticked up 0.6% at restaurants and bars. Department stores, electronic stores and home furnishings stores saw declines. The figures are not adjusted for inflation unlike many other government reports.
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VERBATIM: Retail sales increased 0.4% in April from March, when it was down 0.7%. It marked the first increase since January when unusually warm weather and a big jump in Social Security benefits likely spurred more spending. Excluding car dealers and gas stations, retail sales rose 0.6%.