Retail sales slip 3.7 percent last month

Friday, December 14, 2001

WASHINGTON -- Retail sales plunged by a record 3.7 percent last month as the holiday shopping season was getting under way. But more recent information looks brighter for the economy, suggesting the huge wave of job layoffs is abating.

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