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Retail sales edge up in July

People were, in fact, out shopping and buying during the mid-summer.

The government’s reading on consumer spending has gone up the most in seven months.  Retail sales went up 0.2 percent in July. Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Financial Services Group, explains what this means for the economy.

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