U.S. retail sales reportedly rise most in five months despite higher gas prices
Consumers kept spending while economic confidence fell again in September, a post says, linking U.S. gasoline prices above $4 a gallon to the Iran conflict.
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A September 16 post contrasts a broad rise in U.S. retail sales—the largest in five months—with another decline in Americans’ economic confidence that month. It says consumers continued spending despite rising gas prices and attributes gasoline prices above $4 a gallon to the ongoing conflict in Iran.
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