US DATA: ICSC for Oct 9 wk: “Retailers breathed a sigh of relief as
the first full fiscal week of October brought recovery to retail sales
as weekly retail sales rebounded. As a result, for the week ending
October 9, weekly chain store sales rebounded and rose by 0.8 percent,
according to the ICSC and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index.
On a year-over-year basis, retail sales remained positive and improved
to 2.6 percent.”