A report released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday showed retail sales in the U.S. were roughly flat in the month of October.
The Commerce Department said retail sales were virtually unchanged in October after inching up by a downwardly revised 0.1 percent in September.
Economists had expected retail sales to rise by 0.2 percent, matching the increase originally reported for the previous month.
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