Retail sales show no growth for two years despite media cheerleading campaign

Retail sales stall again, mainstream hypes strength that isn’t there.

While the mainstream #media was falling all over themselves yesterday to show how "great" the #retailsales number was as a sign of #economic strength, the reality is that retail sales haven't grown since 2022. By the way long, flat periods of retail sales have tended to be… pic.twitter.com/px5zLdKSU4

— Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) July 18, 2025

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