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"Real" Retail Sales Weakest Since December

US DATA

Here's the headline retail sales number deflated by CPI... not great (-1.2% M/M in May on that basis) given very strong price rises. May saw the weakest growth since December 2021 on that basis.

Source: Census Bureau, BLS, MNI

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