...stations 4.7 percent. The retail sales report is not adjusted for price changes.When excluding gas station sales, retail spending rose 0.7 percent. Core retail sales, which exclude gas, autos and building supplies, increased 0.5 percent...

...worse for the nation's poor and middle-class. Because Wal-Mart accounts for nearly 10 percent of nonautomotive retail spending in the U.S., it is a bellwether for the economy."Wal-Mart moms are the barometer of the U.S. household...

...officials that they plan to keep interests rates at historically low levels have also helped push stocks higher. U.S. retail spending increased in February at the fastest pace in five months. That came despite higher payroll taxes kicking in at the...

...Amer icans increased their retail spending in July by the most in five months...the second half of the year.Retail spending rose in every major category...part of the July increase in retail spending was inevitable after consumers...

...an initial reading of 359,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, was unchanged at 375,000.Retail spending rate goes downNEW YORK - Americans may have slowed their spending in September after splurging during the start of...

...become more hopeful about the economy in recent months. Consumer confidence rose in October to a five-year high. Retail spending increased in September, mainly because Americans bought more cars, iPhones and appliances. And home sales are up...

...Capital Economics.Weakening retail spending could make the Federal Reserve...excluding sales at gas stations, retail spending fell 0.3 percent from May to...its previous estimates.The retail spending report showed that sales at auto...

...ended in late July, add to a government retail sales report released Tuesday that showed Americans increased their retail spending in July by the most in five months. It offers encouraging news for the economy after retailers grappled with frugal...

...was better than expected.Employers created 163,000 jobs in July, the most since February. Consumers stepped up retail spending, factories produced more goods and the housing recovery continued with increases in both new and previously occupied...

...months.When companies cut back on stockpiling, it slows factory production and growth tends to decline.But if retail spending keeps rising, businesses will likely step up their restocking. That could boost growth in the April-June quarter...