{
  "id": 870785,
  "title": "US retail sales unexpectedly drop in July",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/us-retail-sales-unexpectedly-drop-in-july",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:50:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/us-retail-sales-july-2026-decline-081426"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Total retail and food services sales came in at $763.6 billion, down from $768.1 billion in June but up 5% from a year earlier",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}