Washington, United States, June 17, 2026 (AFP) - US retail sales beat expectations in May as energy costs stay high

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2026-06-17

US retail sales surged past expectations in May, government data showed Wednesday, boosted by greater spending at gasoline stations as energy costs remained elevated amid fallout from the Middle East war. Sales were up 0.9 percent from April at $763.7 billion, the Department of Commerce said. This was a bigger jump than the 0.5 percent rise that economists surveyed by the Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal expected. From a year ago,......

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