On the same day that DoLS reports unemployment claims are at their lowest level in 45 years; and on the same day when Reuters economist panel admits that wages are indeed going up quickly now; well, the November holiday sales results are being reviewed and the results are stunning.
(Reuters) U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in November as the holiday shopping season got off to a brisk start, pointing to sustained strength in the economy.
[…] The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 0.8 percent last month, with households buying a range of goods even as they cut back on purchases of motor vehicles. Data for October was revised to show sales gaining 0.5 percent instead of the previously reported 0.2 percent increase.
Retail sales accelerated 5.8 percent on an annual basis. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales increasing only 0.3 percent in November. (link)
5.8% growth over last year is BIGLY yuge. We’re talking about massive numbers. To move them almost 6% is bigly. Remember, retail sales account for approximately two-thirds of all U.S. economic activity within our GDP valuation. We are the world’s largest market economy.
In a separate report, the Labor Department said initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 225,000 for the week ended Dec. 9. That was the lowest reading since mid-October when claims dropped to 223,000, a level not seen since March 1973.
[…] Last month’s increase in core retail sales suggested a strong pace of consumer spending in the fourth quarter. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, is being supported by steady wage gains as the labor market tightens. (read full article)
All I want for Christmas is a “Two-Term Trump!” Thank you, my Dear President!
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Yes, that will give us all here at CTH a merry Christmas and many more happy years.
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Well, I guess President Trump has a magic wand after all, LOL 😉 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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I think that is one line Obama will never live down! And it’s a doozah!!
And FL_GUY, thank you again for your marvelous report on POTUS’ rally in Pensacola. Even though I watched the rally, your descriptions really explained a lot. I live-streamed it (ABC?) and wondered why the crowd didn’t sound enthusiastic at all. And your report explained this and much, much more that those of us at home couldn’t see (or hear).
Again, thanks for all your work. It was very much appreciated!
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hey,I missed it,where can I find FL_GUY’s report?
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Here is link to FL_GUY thank you to all the responses he received to his report on the rally he posted the night before on Presidential Thread, so that would be Monday 12/11/17. It’s in 8 parts throughout the thread. Here is his thank you post:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/12/december-12th-2017-presidential-politics-trump-administration-day-327/comment-page-1/#comments
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Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!
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right page but needed to scroll down. This is the exact comment link
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/12/december-12th-2017-presidential-politics-trump-administration-day-327/comment-page-1/#comment-4715561
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Here yah go, this is the first part of it…he broke it up into 8 comments:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/11/december-11th-2017-presidential-politics-trump-administration-day-326/comment-page-1/#comment-4711248
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Sadly, though, the photos appear to have timed out of their hosting site.
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Thanks so much for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed my Pensacola Rally report.
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Here’s the rally report. I see where photobucket is not being free as claimed. Anyone know of a genuine online sharing site I can use? I spent a lot of time getting those pics edited.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/11/december-11th-2017-presidential-politics-trump-administration-day-326/comment-page-1/#comment-4711248
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That wand is going to cause a meltdown of epic proportions! At this point I have no doubt that the 2017 annual GDP will ABSOLUTELY be 3%! Barry never once in his 8 years was able to reach an annual GDP of 3%. Our Lion 🦁 will be able to do it in his first year. There is absolutely no way you can quantify how incredible that accomplish will be!
What also makes it truly amazing is that the final annual GDP for 2016 was a MISERABLE 1.6%.
2017 GDP (Quarters 1 – 3 & what has to happen in 4th Quarter):
1st Quarter (Jan 1 – March 31) – Our final GDP was a miserable 1.4% (Big Thanks to Trepper GumboPot that pointed out I had the wrong % for the 1st Quarter; 1.2% instead of the actual 1.4%) since Barry was still in office for 20 days and our President began to implement his Energy Dominance and kill regulations.
2nd Quarter (April 1 – May 31) – Our final GDP was 3.1%.
3rd Quarter (June 1 – September 30) – Our revised GDP is 3.3% (We will see the final % on December 21st / I believe it will end at 3.4%).
That would mean with a 4th Quarter GDP of 4.1%, OUR PRESIDENT WILL ACCOMPLISH WHAT MANY CALLED THE IMPOSSIBLE:
1.4% + 3.1% + 3.4% + 4.1% = 3% GDP FOR 2017!
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I’m reading this as my wife shops in the mall and I sit in the chairs they provide for bored husbands. The mall traffic is awful. We could barely find parking. And the lines in the JCPennys are long.
I’m really pulling for the 4% growth by January 1
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lolol! I DO NOT like to shop at malls, but at the begging of my kids, we drove to an outlet mall in NC while visiting family for Thanksgiving. You.cannot.believe.the.number.of.cars.and.people!! EVERYWHERE. You know the little grassy islands of a parking lot that have trees/shrubs in them? Cars driving over the curbs to park in them, cars filling every spot, cars making NEW spots OUT OF NO SPOTS, cars up and down the roads leading to/from the mall, etc. it was MADNESS. I’m sure it this was not only happening in NC!!
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Looks like your comment fround a parking place in the bin…. 😦
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Thank you for rescuing me, Ad Rem. Now, where were ya on Black Friday! 😉
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Hiding under the bed!
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Nobody goes there anymore. Too crowded.
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Winning😃👍👍👍 🇺🇸 #MAGA🇺🇸 Thank you President Trump!!!
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Barry handed DJT the keys to a tired, dented-up, barely running heap and President Trump has stripped it down, stuck a new engine in it and has it laying rubber on Main Street.
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Like a 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake….Made by American hands, American steel, American heart 🙂
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Donna: A good car I admit, but I think President Donald J. Trump runs this country like a ’57 Chevy Belair, 283 small block which blew away the competition back in the day. Since I was born in that glorious year I can only reference history. But I have driven one and it gets out of its own way pretty quickly. BTW- Just got my “THUMP: The First Bundred Days” book. It’s so good I have to let friends sign it out just so I know they’ll return it.
MAGA!
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https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwic1LaU6YrYAhUY8WMKHXP9C8EQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fjingdaily.com%2Fhow-cadillac-reinvented-itself-china%2F&psig=AOvVaw1akj2jmVqlw0WsVcUJoPVr&ust=1513386207403568
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No more muscle car talk!
Back in the spring, my BIL, knowing that my company just bought about a dozen new trucks from Dodge, asked me if we could use our pull to get him on the list for a Dodge Demon SRT (only 3,000 available country-wide). I agreed on the condition that I get to drive it…well we got him on the list and he ordered one. Delivery will probably be in January…I’ve been trying not to think about it, you guys aren’t helping, LOL!
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I think more like my 56 T-Bird. Classy roller.
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DJT once had one of these:
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I wish these glorious cars would make a comeback — American Steele, American parts, made by American hands and hearts…
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A MAGA poem!
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Amen, Cinderella…I truly hope this energizer bunny of Trump’s, plus the nonsense of fuel shortages ending will inspire some USA Designers.
How I miss the unique contributions of USA to car design!
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PDJT’s cash for Obama’s clunker.
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LOVE your analogy, six!
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Beautiful!!
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Re employment…
I don’t watch television. While in an Inland Supply store today, I overheard a report on USA Today. United Parcel Service was encouraging people to apply for jobs, pointing out that a seasonal gig with UPS could be turned into a career. Hearing this as people bustled around me shopping, I felt extremely, delightfully, happily deplorable. Our President is making a lot of changes, yes, and they are touching families all across the country.
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I had a young millenial manager of an auto parts store VOLUNTEER to me a few weeks ago- “I had to hire 3 new additional delivery drivers to keep up with the booming new demand… and it’s because of Trump”. HIS words. REAL everyday working Americans KNOW what’s happening. And KNOW it’s Trump. If not they will soon. While Libs continue to wallow in their own bile… . WINNING.
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Great anecdote, Wesley. Ya’ know? All the tinsel and colored lights and hoopla makes Christmas special, but what really puts me in the holiday spirit is seeing the local effects, like you describe, of businesses doing well and people seeing their future light up.
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…and your example is the kind of thing that turns around 12 years of liberal brainwashing (thank the GOOD LORD)…. living, breathing, working and hiring in The American Machine!
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I’m an estimator/engineer. My company has a presence all over the country, from MA to HI. There are 3 of us and our duties are preparing bids/quotes to airlines and airports for the baggage conveyor systems and jet bridges (that thing you walk through from the terminal to the aircraft). Our increase in business has been phenomenal! Not only is my department being worked to death, we are hiring mechanics and techs like crazy, we had to hire an additional HR person to keep up with the new hires. We have had to subcontract out some of the work because we are stretched so thin. Even better, the work is changing from repairing old equipment to keep it running, to installing new.
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Dynamite, George!
Great news! Thanks for the input.
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“…U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in November..”
lol, understatement of the day!
Go, Mr. President…we are praying for you and we are WITH you 100%!
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p.s. Sundance, the photos you choose are freakin’ classic!
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It is so great to see the mood change from the glum of the Obama years to the hope and joy we have today. Thank you President Trump and our wonderful First Lady, who looks just like an angel in the picture above.
Shopping and being among crowds is not something I enjoy doing but I am happy to say that everyone I encountered today was happy and pleasant. What a welcome change.
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But he has no legislative accomplishments! ……..oops.
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Nope he has major accomplishments in spite of Congress’ obstruction!
MAGA!!! 🇺🇸🦁🇺🇸
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Absolutely marvelous President Trump! Thank you for never giving up on us.
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And Mz Anna, He knows we will never give up on him. I pray for him and his family everyday to be kept safe and out of harms way. Well, as much as possible. I’m not affiliated with any “religion” so to speak, but the higher powers seem to listen. Just like President Trump, we all have the “light” inside us, if we really look….just as Jesus said. I’m done now.
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Stunning indeed!
I witness shopper craziness every day when I pass the local Mall on my way home from the office.
God bless President Trump 🙏
God bless America 🇺🇸
God bless us, everyone ❤️
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Al Reuters forgot to add “Unexpectedly…”
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Upon further review, I’m issuing an apology to Al Reuters, they did say, “more than expected…”
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I expect them to not expect the economy to improve under Trump.
And I’m not surprised that they are surprised when it does.
And it is totally predictable that they will say these results could not be predicted.
And we’re supposed to be the dumb ones?
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To be honest, my household isn’t seeing the increases…. yet, I have to admit I’m really excited about what’s coming down the line!
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We aren’t either, Ziiggii. And from what I’m told, we will fall outside of those who will be helped by any tax plan that may get passed (good income plus sky-high income and property tax state). That said, I do believe what goes around comes around…..the more people who are helped, the more they will be able to help others in round-about ways and eventually we will ALL feel relief. Patience.
Just knowing POTUS is at the helm makes me happily bound out of bed in the morning, ready to take care of my family and try to do good as my Mr. C busts his tail to bring home the bacon.
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I’m in the same boat. On taxes we probably won’t see a savings, but I really don’t care bc we’ll benefit in other ways.
All I Want is to see my tax dollars probably spent & I’m very happy to see the country on the right path.
#MAGA
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It starts with local government and making as much noise as possible.
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Yes, the unexpected line always gets you. These are the same dolts who are reporting the bogus gutter approval numbers. At least we can all admit we aren’t surprised by this news.
More winning just in time for Christmas! 😀
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My ground report from central and northeastern Florida:
Traffic was almost at a standstill on I4 last Saturday. I thought it odd that theme park traffic would be so heavy in the afternoon but soon realized it was the big mall and outlet malls that were responsible. I went to Michaels yesterday for some last minute Christmas decorations and they were absolutely wiped out. They literally had rows of empty shelves!
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Your comment touches on something I have noticed here in East Boston/Winthrop, MA area—more Christmas lights. This is liberal land, but subconsciously I think even the looney libs feel the restrictions on celebrating lifted. Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 #MAGA
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In other news, RINO Rubio is doing his best to ruin shopping.
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It’s amazing what can happen with the economy when you have a president who actually loves this country and wants to see people’s lives improved.
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WINNING, BIGLY! Sorry, I just had to shout. I may even hoot and holler. It’s Merry Christmas everywhere, Thank you President Trump.
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I just got out of nordstrom rack, don’t be mad I still like there stuff. My husband counted the people in line to check out, 50 people in line waiting to pay for their purchases. It is a very Merry Maga Christmas .
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After looking around the living room filled with Christmas presents for the kids, grandkids and great grandkids, I’m fairly certain my wife has tried to add to these numbers
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An honorable contribution to MAGA! Merry Christmas.
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Thank you Sir. And a very Merry Christmas to you and your’s too!
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My wife is doing her part, believe me!
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Thank You, Obama!
jk
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The increase of sales is having a domino effect through out the country whether the sales are through the internet or at the malls, think about the new employees hired, not only in stores but also needed are more drivers, packers, and manufacturing to meet the demands.
I can’t believe the amount of cardboard boxes for shipping are being used (wished I had stock in the paper companies) plus the packing material, I am sure more gasoline is sold, just about all commerce has been affected by the huge influx of sales, amazing isn’t it?
Thank you President Trump, administration, and voters who believed in him
MERRY CHRISTMAS and MAGA.
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Well, ‘You didn’t build that” is not exactly a call to arms. In contrast, Made in the USA and MAGA? So glad the ‘national scold’ is gone – and we finally – and seriously since the end of WWII, have an advocate for American Made and American workers. It’s way past time. Sorry folks (COC) – we just gotta do it.
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It’s interesting to watch the libs slowly starting to wake up to what the President has been accomplishing. Pride and ego will make their attitude adjustments go slowly, but nevertheless, it will happen. It’s also incredible watching the left spin what’s happening into how it’s not really something PDJT did, but what they did. Hopefully, people will see through this BS.
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sorry wrong thread!
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I’ve definitely been opening up my wallet a lot more, lately.
MAGA!
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Some Michigan evidence of growth. My business is up 50% from last year. People are more confident about where we are headed, and I am so thankful we do not have Cankles drivin the ship! I believe we have an anointed leader being used by God, to do what he has been made to do. His whole life has prepared him for this great challenge, he is keeping his promises, and outworking EVERYONE in his path!
God please bless our president and give him strength everyday to MAGA!!
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Rip, SO glad your business is measurably growing!
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Thx piper 2016 was down 20% so great bounce back year!
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And just wait until the naysayers see the sales figures for December! WINNING!
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Obama the narcissist…we rejoice your exit…take your sorry assed admin with you.
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