Retail sales were up 6.3% from a year earlier in September, though much of that is just higher prices

U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services [RSAFS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RSAFS, October 23, 2026.
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