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Retail sales were weaker than expected in April, furthering concerns about the state of the consumer amid sticky inflation and higher interest rates. Retail sales were flat in April from the previous month, according to Census Bureau data. Economists had expected a 0.4% increase in spending, according to Bloomberg data. This marked a slowdown from the 0.6% ...
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The CPI for April came in pretty close to expectations. CPI came in at 0.31% m/m, and 0.29% on core, versus a priori expectations for 0.37% and 0.30%. This relative accuracy does not necessarily mean that economists now know exactly what is going on in this index, only that all of the misses canceled out. But the misses are interesting, and worth looking ...