Following overly-depressed growth in the second quarter, July's drop in retail sales was weaker than we had expected. Nonetheless, consumer spending growth should still improve this quarter. Judging by the increase in preliminary auto sales in August, spending appears to have held up well enough to generate positive growth, despite the bad economic news and declining consumer confidence.
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