Thursday, May 10, 2007

U.S. April retail sales rise 0.5 pct-SpendingPulse

(Reuters) - Retail sales after stripping out car and gasoline sales grew just 0.1 percent in April, half the 0.2 percent rise in March, the firm said.

SpendingPulse's "core" retail sales gauge dipped 0.1 percent last month versus a 0.2 percent rise in March. The core reading excludes autos, gasoline and building materials.


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