The 0.3% m/m rise in the dollar value of retail sales in October was even stronger than it looks because the headline figure was depressed by a price-related drop in gasoline station sales. Real fourth-quarter consumption growth is on track to accelerate to 2.5% annualised, up from 1.8% in the third quarter.
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