Notes From All Over -- Morning Edition -- October 16, 2020

Retail sales surge:

• picked up strongly in September, The WSJ;
• consumers show unexpected strength; retail sales up 1.9%; consensus: 0.7%, CNBC;
• shoppers came back, NPR

Social security: Dems must be listening to their constituents. Looks like US House wants to increase social security COLA from 1.3% to 3%.

Nobel Prize wrap: history, 1901 - 2020. 

Apple: Honda and Hyundai rolling out wireless CarPlay to select 2021 vehicles. 

Apple AirPods Pro: the #1 item sold on Amazon, earlier this week on Amazon Prime Days. 

Apple, screenshots from Amazon Prime days, earlier this week