Good news. Shoppers are going out a bit faster than expected.
Retail sales were up 0.5% in January and 0.6% ex-Autos, both of which are superior to expectations.
Economists were looking for gains of 0.3% and 0.5% respectively.
The bad news: The market isn’t moving at all, though there’s still an hour to go before the opening bell.
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