Daily economic round-upBY PETER BELL | MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006 12:29PMThe US release of key retail sales data for September showed that while there was a 0.4 per cent fall in sales most of this was due to the 9.3 per cent reduction in petrol station sales due to falling fuel costs since July. Consequently, excluding fuel, retail spending increased by 0.6 per cent. |
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