New data out Friday showed retail sales declined more than expected in the first month of 2025. Headline retail sales fell 0.9% in January, more than the 0.2% decline economists had expected ...

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 ...

So there are a few different breakdowns of the data in the census report. Isolating a control group, sometimes called “core retail sales,” strips out more volatile categories like automobiles ...

Retail sales dropped 0.9% in January, sparking economic growth concerns. Discover how consumer behavior, Fed policy, and ...

Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January 2025 were down 0.9% from December according to numbers released Friday. Analysts only expected the number to drop only 0.2%.

According to a Friday U.S. Census Bureau report, retail sales for January were down 0.9% from the December. But total sales ...

The December retail sales report suggests continued resilience in consumer spending, with strength in key sectors like automotive and e-commerce. However, the slight miss on core estimates and the ...