The strong 0.7% m/m rise in control group retail sales in September suggests that consumption growth strengthened to more than 3% annualised last quarter. That said, timelier data show a big drop in retail sales in the last week of September as Hurricane Helene made landfall, and Milton added to the disruption two weeks later, so prospects for October and the fourth quarter are looking softer.
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