September 2017 Retail Sales
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on October 17th, 2017Retail sales jumped in September 2017 according to the Census Bureau’s data. After falling a revised 0.1 percent in August (originally -0.2 percent), the value of transactions climbed 1.6 percent as the third quarter came to a close. Versus a year earlier, retail sales increased 4.4 percent. However, it appears some of the data was influenced by difficult weather in the