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Retail sales up 0.1% in May from Apr as still high inflation curbs spending

Business Standard 

Consumers barely increased spending in May from April as still high inflation and high interest rates curbed spending. Retail sales rose 0.1 per cent in May, below the pace that economists projected, according to the Commerce Department. And April sales were revised downward a 0.2 per cent decline, from unchanged. Sales rose 0.6 per cent in March and 0.9 per cent in February. That comes after sales fell 1.1 per cent in January, dragged down in part by inclement weather. Excluding gas prices and auto sales, retail sales rose the same amount. Читать дальше...

Want To Become a Film ‘Expert’? Have Half a Day To Spare? Read On

The New York Sun 

The authors of ‘The 12-Hour Film Expert’ write about movies ‘that seem the most universally applicable, and most important to the story of film.’ What’s kind of amazing is how far-ranging and particular their non-encyclopedic book is.

The Real Covid Failure

The Wall Street Journal 

Its superfast spread told us early the virus was unstoppable and likely lab-modified.