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September Sales in U.S. Short of Forecast

October 14, 2005
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U.S. retail and food services sales for September rose 0.2 percent to $351.5 billion, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Economists had expected the figure to be up 0.3 percent.

Compared to September 2004, retail and food service sales were up last month 6.5 percent.