Retail Sales

April 16, 2025             Retail sales rose  1.4% in March after climbing 0.2% in February after having fallen 1.0% in January.   In the past year retail sales have risen 4.4%  The wildfires in California that raged from January 7...

Car and Truck Sales

March 4, 2025 Unit car and truck sales rose 3.2% in February to 15.999 thousand after having sunk 8.1% in January.  The bitter cold weather throughout much of the country almost certainly played a roll in the slowdown in that month.  Sales should continue to rise in...