U.S. retail sales rise 0.6 pct in December amid strong holiday spending


WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. retail sales rose 0.6 percent in December from the previous month amid strong holiday spending, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on Wednesday.

Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for December 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were 709.9 billion U.S. dollars.

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