US March Retail Sales Up 0.4%

U.S. retail sales rose for the ninth straight month in March climbing another 0.4 percent in addition to the 1.1 percent gain in February. The sales increases are attributed to a growing consumer confidence driven by the improving employment outlook.

“The consumer was more resilient in March than some of our concerns,” said John Herrmann, a senior fixed-income strategist at State Street Global Markets LLC in Boston. “Improving labor- market conditions are helping support consumption. This is a very impressive pace of spending, with gains across a diverse range of products.”

Source: Bloomberg

Content is for general information purposes only. It is not investment advice or a solution to buy or sell securities. Opinions are the authors; not necessarily that of OANDA Business Information & Services, Inc. or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers or directors. If you would like to reproduce or redistribute any of the content found on MarketPulse, an award winning forex, commodities and global indices analysis and news site service produced by OANDA Business Information & Services, Inc., please access the RSS feed or contact us at info@marketpulse.com. Visit https://www.marketpulse.com/ to find out more about the beat of the global markets. © 2023 OANDA Business Information & Services Inc.