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US Consumer Caution: Retail Sales Dip Post-Tariff Spike

US Consumer Caution: Retail Sales Dip Post-Tariff Spike

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June 18th, 2025

US Consumer Caution: Retail Sales Dip Post-Tariff Spike

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D'après les données publiées par le Department of Commerce, les ventes de détail américaines ont accusé un repli de 0,9% en mai, faisant suite à une érosion de 0,1% en avril, un fléchissement imputable en grande partie à un effondrement des ventes automobiles, consécutif à la flambée spéculative observée en mars, alors que les consommateurs cherchaient à anticiper l'entrée en vigueur des droits de douane de 25% sur les importations automobiles et les pièces détachées, brandis par l'administration Trump.

Notwithstanding a palpable erosion of consumer confidence, the confluence of persistent disinflationary pressures and a compressed unemployment rate portends a sustained, albeit moderate, level of expenditure in the proximate months; ex-auto, gasoline, and restaurant sales burgeoned by 0.4% last month, evincing a continued, albeit selective, predilection for discretionary consumption; whilst numerous categories endured precipitous declines, e-tailers, apparel boutiques, and furnishing emporia registered appreciable gains, the broader retail contraction being attributed, inter alia, to anxieties surrounding tariff-induced price escalations stemming from the Trump administration's trade policies.

June 18th, 2025

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