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Pre-Tariff Shopping Spree Comes to US GDP’s Rescue

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I’m Cécile Daurat, an economics editor in the US. Today we’re looking at US retail sales. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. Note: Economics Daily will return Monday following the Easter holiday.

A March shopping spree by US consumers is coming to the rescue of the economy in the first-quarter.