Big Disappointment In U.S. May Retail Sales

June 11th, 2010 by Belisarius

Retail sales fell 1.2% in May . The consensus was at 0.2%, April reading was a gain of 0.4%.  Autos taken out, the figure was  -1.1%; the consensus was at 0.1%; prior reading at 0.4%.

Big and clear disappointment and a confirmation of a major economic slowdown coming in the second half of the year.

Chart 1. U.S. Retail sales

Source: Bloomberg

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