What was the WH saying the other day about the economy?
Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise - Yahoo! Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Retail-sales-fall-new-jobless-rb-444685794.html?x=0&.v=7 - broken link)
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A Commerce Department report on Thursday showed total retail sales edged down 0.1 percent after increasing 0.8 percent in June. Excluding motor vehicles and parts, sales fell 0.6 percent in July after rising 0.5 percent the prior month.
The data, combined with a report from the Labor Department showing first-time applications for state unemployment insurance benefits rose 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 558,000 last week....
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