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US retail sales up 17.7% in a partial rebound from plunge

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BALTIMORE – U.S. retail sales jumped by a record 17.7% from April to May, with spending partially rebounding after the coronavirus had shut down businesses, flattened the economy and paralyzed consumers during the previous two months.The Commerce Department’s report Tuesday showed that retail sales have retraced some of the record-setting month-to-month plunges of March (8.3%) and April (14.7%) as businesses have increasingly reopened.

Still, the pandemic’s damage to retail sales remains severe, with purchases still down 6.1% from a year ago. The virus-induced recession not only diminished spending in most sectors of the economy.

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