WASHINGTON, April 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. retail sales rose 0.5 percent in March amid persistent surging inflation, after a revised 0.8 percent rise in the previous month, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Retail sales totaled 665.7 billion U.S. dollars in March, 6.9 percent above March last year, according to the report.
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