Retail sales were flat on the month following a 0.6% increase in November, according to numbers adjusted for seasonality but not inflation. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected an increase of ...

The 10-year Treasury yield inched lower as investors looked ahead to retail sales data for December coming out later in the day.

New data on retail sales today that gave a sense of all-important consumer spending as we head into the heart of the holiday shopping season. There was a whole bunch of data this morning that had been ...

Shoppers unexpectedly paused their spending in December from November, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on a lackluster tone.

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for August showed consumer spending was higher than expected, with headline sales rising 0.6% versus the expected 0.2% monthly growth. Current retail ...