Thursday, July 17, 2025

Retail Sales Surge -- July 17, 2025

Locator: 48763SALES.

Retail sales: incredible numbers.

Jobs: definitely not tired. Numbers really, really good.

Import prices: again, incredible.

Export prices: again, incredible.

Initial jobless claims: 221K vs 233K estimated.

DJIA: down 100 points in pre-market. [Later: the Dow finished the day with a three-figure gain.]

No rate cut.