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3. key excerpt: "failed to keep up with inflation". IOW when adjusted for higher prices, consumers actually bought less

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:05 AM

Yesterday

than a year ago.

Key excerpts from the excerpt:

according to numbers adjusted for seasonality but not inflation
. . .
On an annual basis, sales rose 2.4%,
. . .
failed to keep up with inflation, as the consumer price index for December posted a 2.7% increase.

And as far as the one month December over November number, there was no increase (it was flat according to the excerpt), while prices rose 0.31% according to the CPI
CPI: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0

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