Pump-Pain Spreads: Retail Sales Soar To Record High, Sentiment Sits As Record Low
Pump-Pain Spreads: Retail Sales Soar To Record High, Sentiment Sits As Record Low BofA's omniscient analysts expected a hotter than expected retail sales print this morning (but it came with a warning as they start to see some substitution effects as rising gasoline spend is wear.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated economy & markets brief. The source report from ZeroHedge says: Pump-Pain Spreads: Retail Sales Soar To Record High, Sentiment Sits As Record Low BofA's omniscient analysts expected a hotter than expected retail sales print this morning (but it came with a warning as they start to see some substitution effects as rising gasoline spend is wear.
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- Published: Oct 15, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Economy & Markets
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