{
  "id": 19249493,
  "title": "Retail spending subdued ahead of holiday season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/retail-spending-subdued-ahead-of-holiday-season",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-09T23:26:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Business",
    "slug": "rnz-business",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/2493903/retail-spending-subdued-ahead-of-holiday-season"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Retail spending was down 1 percent last month with core retail spending of $3.68 billion.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}