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More bad news:*U.S. JULY RETAIL SALES RISE 0.5% M/M; EX-AUTOS UP 0.6% https://t.co/UCBafs1RgS pic.twitter.com/Z6bxI1eGOc— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) August 15, 2018

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