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Retail Sales Figures Mostly Disappoint
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 14, 2015–Sussman, Anna Louie
Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in September from August, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Economists had expected a rise in September of 0.2%. The increase was largely due to a 1.8% month-over-month increase in auto sales.