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U.S. Retail Sales, Factory Output Slump; Third-Quarter Growth Forecast Cut
Reuters, Sept. 15, 2016–Mutikani, Lucia
U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in August amid weak purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods, pointing to cooling domestic demand that further diminishes expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase next week.