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\u00a0Data released moments ago by the US Census Bureau showed a rise in US retail sales, better than market expectations, as sales rose by about 3% in January, up to $697 billion, compared to a decline of about -1.1% in the December reading, while expectations were for increases of about 1.9%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n .<\/span><\/span> Underlying sales, excluding car prices, grew by 2.3% in June, compared to a decline of about 1.1% recorded in December, and better than expectations, which indicated a growth of 0.9%, as food services and drinking places increased by 25.2%, while sales of general merchandise stores increased by 4.5%.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The US dollar is trading at 103.94 levels, up by about 0.70%, to trade at its highest level in more than a month.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0Data released moments ago by the US Census Bureau showed a rise in US retail sales, better than market expectations, as sales rose by about 3% in January, up to $697 billion, compared to a decline of about -1.1% in the December reading, while expectations were for increases of about 1.9%. . Underlying sales, excluding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currency-markets"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n