NTD Business (Aug. 14): Retail Sales Hit Record; Fighting Counterfeits on Amazon

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August 14, 2020NTD Business
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Americans are doing more shopping. Retail sales continued to increase last month. Now they’re even higher than they were before the pandemic.

Stocks slipped today, but the S&P 500 is still near its February record high. We talk to Nick Reece at Merk Investments, and get his take on today’s market.

Lawmakers have left Capitol Hill without a deal. But President Donald Trump says the White House is ramping up to send direct payments to all Americans.

And we talk to Daniel Lacalle, chief economist at Tressis, and get his take on how the Federal Reserve’s ample liquidity has boosted big corporations, but less so for mom and pop shops.

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