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Commerce locks up and retail sales plunge unprecedented 8.7%

by AP Economics Writer
| April 15, 2020 7:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales plummeted 8.7% in March, an unprecedented decline, as the viral outbreak forced an almost complete lockdown of commerce nationwide.

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