Today in Data: Retail Sales See Slight Upswing

Today in data, retail sales rise slightly in the U.S. as Walmart and Home Depot report their earnings.

Data

$142B: First-quarter sales reported by Walmart as its bottom-line profit fell by 23%

$38.9B: Home Depot’s reported Q1 sales, the highest first-quarter sales in its history

36.9%: Annual increase in sales at gas stations

4: Number of consecutive months that U.S. retail sales have risen

0.9%: Amount that retail sales rose in April