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US Retail Tanks … Again
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5 years agoon
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FITSNews
ECONOMY GOES … PFFFFFFT
|| By FITSNEWS || WTF, economy? Another month and America’s promised “consumer renaissance” still has yet to materialize …
After taking an unexpectedly vicious beating to close out 2014, retail spending has tanked once again … dropping 0.8 percent in January (after a 0.9 percent decline in December), according to U.S. Commerce Department data.
That’s the worst back-to-back showing for retail since October 2009 – when America was in the throes of the “Great Recession.” It’s also twice as steep a decline as economists were anticipating.
Oh, and it’s also further evidence that low gas prices aren’t stimulating squat (hmmmm … wonder why).
“The tone of this report was disappointing as it points to a weak start to spending activity this year, despite the significant boost to disposable income from lower gasoline prices,” one analyst told CNBC.
Again … WONDER WHY.
The American economy is softening, people. It just is. And the politically driven wealth redistribution keeps rolling right along … as the red ink rises.
Good times, huh? Yeah …
Of course if you’d prefer to continue believing “everything is awesome,” well … the rainbow and unicorns crowd has got you covered.
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