U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Are Strongest in Years, Early Data Show

[truth_seeker]

U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Are Strongest in Years, Early Data Show

By Sarah Nassauer

Updated Dec. 25, 2018 9:51 p.m. ET

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The figures suggest a stock-market swoon and partial government shutdown haven’t curbed consumer confidence and spending.
“Wall Street is running around like a chicken with its head cut off, while Mr. and Mrs. Main Street are happy with their jobs, enjoying their best wage increases in a decade,” said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, a retail research and consulting firm. A recent drop in gas prices has helped last-minute spending, he said.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-holiday-retail-sales-are-strongest-in-years-early-data-show-11545777668

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[Skeptic]

U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Are Strongest in Years, Early Data Show

By Sarah Nassauer

Updated Dec. 25, 2018 9:51 p.m. ET

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The figures suggest a stock-market swoon and partial government shutdown haven’t curbed consumer confidence and spending.
“Wall Street is running around like a chicken with its head cut off, while Mr. and Mrs. Main Street are happy with their jobs, enjoying their best wage increases in a decade,” said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, a retail research and consulting firm. A recent drop in gas prices has helped last-minute spending, he said.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-holiday-retail-sales-are-strongest-in-years-early-data-show-11545777668

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What are the demographics in comparison to before the shit hit the fan in 2001?

[LegalAmerican]

Then the FEDS, Powell scr3wed  USA over on purpose.

https//youtu.be/t9jpSiYREyY

[Oceander]

Then the FEDS, Powell scr3wed  USA over on purpose.

https//youtu.be/t9jpSiYREyY

[LMAO]

Then the FEDS, Powell scr3wed  USA over on purpose.

https//youtu.be/t9jpSiYREyY

How?

[edpc]

Watch Trump take credit for it, then throw a Twitter tantrum when he discovers much of the expanded holiday sales went through Amazon.

[Fishrrman]

Which matters more...?

Sales are strong.
Manufacturing is strong.
Fuel prices are low.
Employment is high.

or....

The current Dow Jones Industrial Average?

[corbe]

   I didn't spend a dime I thought ahead and broke up with all my Girlfriends after Halloween.  Granted it's been pretty lonely around here and my animals look at me kinda strange but my Credit Score is up to 780, so there's that.