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title: "Retail Sales Control Group: -0.40% · Aug 14, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 14, 2026: actual -0.40%, previous 0.50% · BELOW FORECAST. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
source: Helious
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              14 Aug 2026, 12:52 UTC



# Retail Sales Control Group: -0.40%




           Actual-0.40%
           Previous0.50%

               Surprise
               -2.57σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH


            Retail Sales Control Group — Actual -0.40%, prev 0.50%. BELOW FORECAST · -2.6σ. Bonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH.





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