Retail sales in April grew a better-than-expected +0.3%:
+2.2% building mats, garden
+1.4% cars, parts
+0.4% restaurants, bars
+0.4% furniture
+0.3% sporting, hobby
+0.3% dept stores
+0.3% online
+0.2% electronics
+0.2% grocery
0.0% clothes
0.0% health, personal care
-2.6% gas stations census.gov/retail/marts/www/marts_curre…
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