RETAIL SALES

The holiday-shortened week will be capped by the all-important U.S. employment report on Friday.

Japan’s ultra-easy monetary policy successfully drove down the yen. But a weaker yen is a double-edged sword.

In the U.S., revised Q2 GDP should indicate steady momentum.

American car buyers are careening toward the strongest auto sales cycle since before the Great Recession.

Bad weather and a poor economic outlook are driving down sales, analysts say.

Peter Costa, president of Empire Executions, discusses retail sales, the Consumer Price Index and housing starts for this week.

Investors will sift through economic data and chatter that the Fed's stimulus tapering may be accelerated.

American automakers have done a decent job reducing their dependence on fleet sales -– perhaps a little too decent.

The latest statistic follows a mixed performance for the index in recent months.

The Detroit Three July U.S. sales: 567,888 vehicles. The theme of the month: Americans bought small sedans.

Strong demand for the Durango SUV helped Dodge, and Jeep sales were up 2 percent on continued strong demand for the Grand Cherokee.

Clues gathered across three continents this weekend indicate Apple Inc.’s anticipated budget smartphone may be called the iPhone 5C.

The U.K. economy is bracing for a royal baby "bump" or slight increase in GDP. But can the positive economic impact last?

China's second-quarter GDP, U.S. June retail sales and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) earnings painted a mixed global picture Monday.

U.S. stocks opened flat Monday as Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) reported second-quarter earnings that beat expectations.

Retail sales maintained their modest incline in June, but the stat was still less than Wall Street's consensus estimate.

Investors will try to gauge the health of Q2 earnings from several key companies, which report Monday.

China's GDP fell in Q2 to a sub-8 percent figure for the fifth straight quarter, testing its leaders’ long-term growth plans for the country.

Jason A. Weisberg of Seaport Securities discusses China's second-quarter GDP, U.S. retail sales data and earnings from Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC).

This week’s U.S. data releases are likely to highlight the current contrast between trends in the industrial and household sectors.

US retail sales rose more than analysts' projection.