The Big Four Economic Indicators: Disappointing Real Retail Sales
October 22, 2014 at 17:28 PM EDT
With this morning’s release of the September Consumer Price Index, we can now calculate Real Retail Sales. I reported the nominal Advance Retail Sales last week, which showed September at -0.3% (-0.32% at two decimals) month-over-month, down from 0.6% in August.