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US retail sales in December 2018 totaled a seasonally adjusted $505.8 billion, falling 1.2% from November 2018, according to a reportfrom the US Census Bureau.
This represents the biggest drop since 2009, The Wall Street Journal reports. It was also a poor performance on a year-over-year (YoY) basis, as December 2018’s sales rose just 2.3% YoY...