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    People Are Spending More On Furniture, Clothes, Restaurants And Bars

    But U.S. shoppers spent more prudently in August and retail sales grew a tepid 0.6% from July, after extra federal jobless benefits expired and families faced a confusing back-to-school season.
    by Alina Selyukh Sep 16, 2020 1 minute
    People walk through the newly reopened mall at Hudson Yards in New York. U.S. shoppers spent more prudently in August and retail sales grew a tepid 0.6% from July.

    Updated at 9:03 a.m. ET

    U.S. shoppers spent more prudently in August and retail sales grew a tepid 0.6%compared to July, as tens of millions of unemployed people stopped receiving extra federal jobless benefits

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