September Sales in U.S. Short of Forecast
Posted on: Friday, 14 October 2005, 12:00 CDT
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.
Source: United Press International
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