Retail sales report suggests consumers weren’t trying to ‘front-run tariffs’
The drop in U.S. retail sales in January was broad, with “little evidence of consumers trying to front-run tariffs,” according to Capital Economics. “The large fall in control group retail sales in ...
U.S. stocks end mostly lower but S&P 500 books weekly gain ahead of Presidents Day weekend
The U.S. stock market closed mostly lower Friday as investors weighed a retail sales report that was weaker than Wall Street expected, but major benchmarks saw weekly ...