After an earlier pullback, consumers picked up their spending in June despite anxiety over tariffs and the state of the U.S.

Retail sales from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 increased 3.1 percent from a year earlier, according to data from Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of ...

Retail sales fell 0.1% last month after jumping a strong 0.9% in September, according to a report released Wednesday by the Commerce Department.

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Retail sales dropped 0.9% last month, the biggest decrease since March 2023, after an upwardly revised 0.7% increase in December, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said.

Retail sales declined more than 0.2% last month due to tariff concerns, rising unemployment, and harsh winter weather, according to data monitored by the National Retail Federation.

Americans cut their retail spending in October for the first time since March, with interest rates at a 22-year high.. Retail sales, which are adjusted for seasonality but not inflation, fell 0.1% ...

Retail sales slid in May amid an ongoing reset in U.S. trade policy that has both consumers and businesses watching what they spend. U.S. retail and food services were $715.4 billion in May, down ...

Retail sales fell 0.9% in May from a month earlier, the Commerce Department said. That was worse than the 0.6% decline economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expected.

Retail sales increased by 0.1% in April as consumers kept up their spending momentum ahead of potential price increases from U.S. tariffs.