Replies to post #32954 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[gottfried]

ergo, >reports this week are likely to show.<
and >Retail sales probably fell 1.1 percent in September<

I wonder how many ignore the 'likely' and the 'probably'?
Business Week does this, too.

Gottfried

[marvin1946]

Ergo
Retail is weird space. Things like hot weather, hurricanes, one time events can skew a quarter. However 4th quarter always ends with Christmas. And the Christmas season really is determined by how folks feel about things on Thanksgiving when the family gathers for the first time. Hopefully we will be feeling better then than now. marv