Friday’s retail sales could be murky because of last month’s Amazon Prime Day
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Friday’s August retail sales report is the last big economic report before the Fed begins its two-day meeting Tuesday, and it could be muddied by the Amazon Prime Day promotions that sent July sales sharply higher.
Economists expect a gain of just 0.2%, after a much better than expected 0.7% gain in July that came as all sorts of retailers responded with their own…