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Definition
for today
Today’s retail sales report for May revealed a much better-then-expected jump of 1%, the best monthly showing in six months (year-over-year growth of 2.5% is still sluggish). It wasn’t just spending on gas either (core sales, ex-autos, ex-gas were also up 1%).
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Jared Bernstein is senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
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