“Retail sales increased 0.2% in February, though spending up less than expected”
March 17, 2025
“Retail sales increased 0.2% on the month, better than the downwardly revised decline of 1.2% the prior month but below the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.6% rise.
The so-called control group, which strips out noncore sectors and feeds directly into gross domestic product calculations, rose a better-than-expected 1%.
Also, the New York Fed’s measure of factory activity in the region posted an unexpectedly sharp drop for March…”
Basically the economy is a mixed bag right now with there being some good and some bad.