August retail sales come in weaker-than-expected
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- US stocks were slightly lower in early trading Tuesday as oil prices rose on the threat to supplies posed by Hurricane Ivan&#39;s progress through the Gulf of Mexico, with weaker-than-expected data further undermining sentiment.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, lowered its sales forecast for August, citing slow back-to-school sales and the effects of Hurricane Charley.
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WASHINGTONâAmerican shoppers turned tight-fisted in August, dropping sales at retailers by 0.3 per cent and providing fresh evidence of an erratic pace of consumer spending in recent months.
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Retail sales posted a modest gain in August, helped by the biggest jump in auto sales in more than a year. But there are concerns that spending could falter as the steep slump in housing and financial market turbulence weigh on consumer confidence.
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A closely watched gauge of future business activity fell in August for a third consecutive month, evidence that companies and consumers continue to navigate an uncertain economic climate.
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Retail sales dropped 0.3 percent in August, led by a decline in automotive purchases, after climbing 0.8 percent in July, the Commerce Department said.
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U.S. retailers on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected August sales, generating the smallest monthly gain in a year and a half as high gasoline prices cut into back-to-school spending.
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Shoppers are wary about High Street spending despite August's better weather, the latest retail sales figures show.
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Retail sales have risen by 0.3 percent in August compared with the previous month despite the biggest drop in food sales for more than three years.
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Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly   rose in August but sales in July were weaker than first   thought, while new orders for durable goods fell, according to   government reports on Wednesday giving mixed indications about   the economy's direction.
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INFLATION fell again in August, slipping further below the governmentâs 2 per cent target, driven down by clothing and footwear retailers failing to raise prices after a poor summer.
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Major retailers, led by discounters Wal-Mart and Target, turned in better-than-expected August sales on Thursday, as consumers went back-to-school shopping despite higher gasoline prices and the nation's housing meltdown.
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Retail sales fell more than expected in July and for the first time in over a year as poor weather pushed down clothing sales sharply.
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Shoppers persevered at the nation's stores and malls in August, buying skinny jeans and other back-to-school fashions and giving many retailers solid sales gains for the month. The outlook for the rest of the year nonetheless remained unclear amid higher energy costs and interest rates and a deteriorating housing market.
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Sales of new family homes in the US fell 8.3% in August to its slowest rate in more than seven years, figures show.
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Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank Dennis Lockhart said on Monday August's weak jobs report should be evaluated in tandem with indications of strong retail sales.
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U.S. retail sales posted a  larger-than-expected decline in August, a Commerce Department  report on Tuesday showed, but the drop was mostly confined to  the automotive sector.