Retail Sales Plunged 16.4% in April As Coronavirus Pandemic Drives Record Decline

Washington Post, May 15, 2020–Rachel Siegel, Abha Bhattarai
Retail sales plunged 16.4 percent in April, by far the biggest drop on record and another reflection of how severely the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the U.S. economy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/15/retail-sales-april-coronavirus/