Retail sale increased less than expected in February and recorded audits down for January in the midst of fear that the American economy can grow more slowly than Wall Street initially thought it began in 2025.
The main retail sale increased in February 0.2%, which expected less than 0.6% of economists enlargement BIOA data for the list. Retail sale in January was revised lower to a 1.2% drop from the previous reading that showed a reduction of 0.9% of the month.
“We somehow bounced from that low January, and we are right where we were in December,” said the older American economist Bank of America Stephen Juneau Yahoo Finance.
He added, “Until you see cracks on the side of the labor market, you just won’t see a big consumer slowdown.”
The control group on Thursday, which excludes several unstable categories and factors in reading the gross domestic product (GDP) for the quarter, increased by 1%. Economists expected an increase of 0.4%. However, the sales number of the control group in January was revised to a 1%decline, which is lower than the initial fall of 0.8%.
Sales in February, excluding car and gas, increased by 0.5%, above the consensus assessment for an increase of 0.4%.
“Although retail sales increased only in February, a much higher aversion to sale of control group – which feeds on [Bureau of Economic Analysis] Consumption Assessment – something is relieved, “Deputy Chief Economist for Economics of Capital Economics Stephen Brown wrote in a note to clients.” Consumer consumption is on the way to slow down in this quarter, but not as much as we have previously afraid. “
The February report comes due to a variable narrative around the American economy. Reading retail sales in January marked The worst sales report in the year and was one of the first data that started the market Reading the odds of the growth of the American economy over the past month.
As Economic forecasts have collapsed in recent weeks In the midst of uncertainty over the tariff policy of President Donald Trump, the main indices of the shares sold out. S & P 500 (^GSPC) entered Monday at a trading session of more than 8% of the last record of closing on February 19th.
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