Lions and friends… go ahead, AGAIN TRY TO MAKE THIS UP!
The mainstream propaganda ministry is DOUBLE fist feeding us this so called “fantastic” retail sales number…
What they will NOT tell you is this: the key component here, as a MAJOR contributory factor, is the 5.2% month-over month increase in the price of gasoline!
Strip that out, and retail sales were actually NEGATIVE!
GM
if you do your own shopping then you know the exact extent of inflation. no government agency required. we all know that they will lie about everything but they cannot fool the shoppers.
Of course retail numbers will be higher because of inflation just to maintain current living standards. Takes a hell of a lot more monopoly money to buy a box of cheerios than it did 4 years ago.