(Sharecast News) - Americans pulled back on their spending at the start of the year.
According to the US Department of Commerce, in seasonally adjusted terms, retail sales volumes shrank in January at a month-on-month clip of 0.9% to reach $723.9bn (consensus: 0.3%).

The shortfall with respect to economists' forecasts...

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