Call it a comeback for retail sales in January - a podcast by Marketplace

The Commerce Department today reported a strong comeback in retail sales in January. This comes after declining a month earlier as omicron spread. January sales were up nearly 4% compared to December. Helping us read into what this means is Susan Schmidt. We speak with the BBC’s Victoria Craig about the European Union potentially wielding the power of the purse against member countries it sees as going against democratic values.

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