US DATA: ICSC sales for wk Sept 17: “Sales volatility returned once
again as retailers saw their weekly sales slip after last week’s
increase. As a result for the week ending September 17, weekly retail
sales dipped by 1.2 percent, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs Weekly
Chain Store Sales Index. On a year-over-year basis, however, retail
sales improved and rose by 3.4 percent.