Seven of nine categories saw growth, led by clothing, sports gear, and online shopping.👉 Bottom line: Consumer spending is still holding up — a good sign for the broader economy and another reason the Fed may not rush more cuts just yet.📅 What’s Coming Up This Week• Homebuilder confidence (Tuesday) • Existing home sales (Thursday) • The long-delayed September Jobs Report (Thursday)Catch you next week, Derek Brickley #LoansbyDB

.🛍️ Retail Sales Cool in September, But Yearly Gains HoldAfter two strong months, retail spending slowed in September — but annual sales remain healthy, led by online shopping, sporting goods, and apparel.📊 Bottom line: Consumer spending is still holding up, which helps keep the economy afloat — but softer data like this supports the case for lower rates ahead.📅 What’s Coming Up This WeekWith the shutdown still affecting government reports, inflation, retail sales, and housing starts are likely to be delayed.

.🛍️ Consumers Keep SpendingRetail sales beat expectations with a 0.6% bump in July, led by back-to-school and online shopping.👉 Market takeaway: Strong spending keeps the economy out of trouble, but it also makes the Fed’s inflation fight harder.

. 👍🏽 Retail has surprisingly maintained pretty strong throughout and post pandemic and with the continued growth of online shopping.   

Yes, you still do online shopping and coordination and so on, but hitting 500 hours in this case becomes far more challenging.

Each market, each submarket and each mall will dictate the use of this space.I don't think online shopping, per se, is killing malls.  

I suspect it came from either online shopping or the recent Equifax fiasco...

-----------------------ICQ:..................... 710872858---------------------– clone cards (ATM)– cc fullz & random (ONLINE SHOPPING)– dumps with pin – wu services (TRANSFER)– bank login/ transfer– paypal login/ transfer– electronics carding services– booking flight ticket services – worldwide– travel visa and other related docs------------------**About me:– Im 24/7 online------------------

With the average home owner staying in their home 8 years, I do not see this changing unlike things that are more of daily use like online shopping.

If I keep submitting loan apps, my credit score takes a bad hit & I have had bad experience in first home purchase when I went to these small independent online shops for mortgage - with fees and higher rates - they were just fooling me.I did not break the 6 month lock with wells yet.