DECEMBER RETAIL SALES NUMBERS ACTUALLY BEAT EXPECTATIONS

BUT YOU HAVE TO READ THE FINE PRINT TO FIND OUT:

HTT:

"There was nothing much special about same-store sales performance by retailers as December pulled to a close, the Johnson Redbook reported today.

Discounters finished the month with a comp gain of 2.9%, missing the 3.3% uptick planned, while department stores saw comps drop 0.8%, easily beating the goal of a 1.5% comp decline.

Overall comps rose 1.3%, ending above the 1.2% goal for the five-week retail month, which ended Jan. 5."

THIS WILL NOT BE WIDELY REPORTED BY THE MSM, OR IT WILL BE REPORTED NEGATIVELY BY THE MSM -IN ORDER TO HURT BUSH/GOP AND HELP DEMS/LEFT/OBAMA.