Robert Spendlove
This fall’s better-than-expected economic showing is good news for the upcoming holiday shopping season.
Retail sales rose 0.4 percent in September, beating analysts’ expectations. Meanwhile, the economy added a remarkable 254,000 jobs in the month — 100,000 more than most forecasters predicted. The national unemployment rate dropped from 4.2 percent in August to 4.1 percent in September, while wages accelerated 4 percent in September compared to 3.8 percent the previous Please log in to see the rest of this story.
