Retail sales up 1% in June, easing fears of a recession

Retail sales up 1% in June, easing fears of a recession

Consumers picked up their spending from May to June, underscoring their resilience despite painfully higher prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles and allaying fears that the economy might be on the verge of a recession.
U.S. retail sales rose 1% in June, from a revised decline of 0.1 % in May, the Commerce Department said Friday.
The figures aren’t adjusted for inflation and so largely…

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