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US retail sales, Fed comments

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Starting to look more like most of the rest of the world: US retail trade fell by 1.2 percent from a month earlier in December 2018, following a revised 0.1 percent growth in November and missing market expectations of 0.2 percent gain. It was the steepest decline in trade since September 2009, as sales fell in almost all categories. Excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, retail sales dropped 1.7 percent in December after an increase of 1 percent in November. The economy has been getting a bit of support from Fed rate hikes as they increased federal interest expense paid to the economy. If they start cutting rates that support likewise goes away:

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Starting to look more like most of the rest of the world:

US retail sales, Fed comments

US retail trade fell by 1.2 percent from a month earlier in December 2018, following a revised 0.1 percent growth in November and missing market expectations of 0.2 percent gain. It was the steepest decline in trade since September 2009, as sales fell in almost all categories. Excluding automobiles, gasoline, building materials and food services, retail sales dropped 1.7 percent in December after an increase of 1 percent in November.

The economy has been getting a bit of support from Fed rate hikes as they increased federal interest expense paid to the economy. If they start cutting rates that support likewise goes away:

US retail sales, Fed comments

US retail sales, Fed comments

WARREN MOSLER
Warren Mosler is an American economist and theorist, and one of the leading voices in the field of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Presently, Warren resides on St. Croix, in the US Virgin Islands, where he owns and operates Valance Co., Inc.

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