The fall in control group retail sales in July, together with downward revisions to growth in May and June, leave the consumer looking a little less healthy and further reduce the chance of the Fed hiking at its next meeting in September. Nonetheless, the miss in July was mainly due to a sharp fall in non-store sales which likely reflects the different timing of Amazon Prime Day this year, rather than a fundamental downshift in consumer spending growth.
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