Even if consumers buy only the same number of physical goods, inflation in prices means retail sales numbers in dollars stay relatively stable even as unit volume declines, so focusing on retail sales dollars rather than unit volumes provides a misleading picture of actual consumer demand.
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Adam TaggartEvidence Quote
“um I don't have the chart handy here um but there's a chart I saw recently that showed uh retail sales on a unit basis and those have been in pretty sharp decline right which basically is just showing that okay people are buying fewer things now the overall retail sales numbers aren't coming down as much because they're factoring in the price inflation [1:01:36]”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:42:20 PM
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