As consumer prices fall, we may be buying more with less
Shoppers disappointed economists last month. Retail sales fell 0.9 percent, while experts expected an increase. But those Commerce Department numbers might not tell the whole story. Consumer prices have been falling, so we might be buying more things for less money.
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