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Are uncertain consumers still spending?

From Marketplace, I'm Nancy Marshall Genser in Washington.

We're getting an update on retail sales this week from some big names, including Home Depot and Walmart.

Last week, we got retail sales data from the Census Bureau that showed Americans kept spending last month.

Retail sales rose by a half percent in April, the third straight monthly gain.

For more on what this week's round of earnings might

tell us, we're joined by Lauren Seidel Baker, economist at the New Hampshire-based economics

consultancy firm, ITR economics. Good morning, Lauren. Good morning. So April's retail sales

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