Don't forget the effect of BidenFlation!
...Keep in mind, retail sales are calculated in dollars spent by consumers. November 2022 retail sales as reported by the commerce department today [DATA pdf], reflect a 0.6% decrease in spending vs October. November data includes Thanksgiving, Black Friday and the traditional early holiday shopping. 0.6% less dollars were spent, despite prices being double digits higher than the prior year....
Figuring (conservatively) a 7% y-o-y price increase for the same goods, you're actually looking at a seven-and-one-half percent drop in retail goods moved.
And that drop in gasoline prices? That has to do with demand, not the benevolence of Bai-Den; except that his policies are forcing demand to drop, too. It's called "incipient recessionary indexing."
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