{"id":216,"date":"2012-04-19T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/?p=216"},"modified":"2012-04-20T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T14:18:48","slug":"retail-spending-could-be-a-reason-for-optimism-on-national-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/retail-spending-could-be-a-reason-for-optimism-on-national-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Spending Could Be A Reason For Optimism On National Economy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Caraccident72.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-269\" title=\"Caraccident7\" src=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Caraccident72-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Caraccident72-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Caraccident72.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The United States Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose .8 percent in the first quarter of 2012, despite higher gas prices and small wage increases.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The total retail sales for the quarter were 24 percent higher than the recession low in 2009. \u00a0New hiring in March 2012 slowed to half the pace of February 2012.\u00a0 The housing market has struggled in the past several months, and builders have expressed less confidence in sales over the next six months.\u00a0 <strong>These factors could restrain the continued increase in retail sales during the remainder of 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you love has been injured while on the job in Massachusetts, call our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-workers-compensation-claims-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA worker\u2019s compensation lawyer<\/a> professionals, <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-boston-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyer<\/a> experts or <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Boston, MA wrongful death lawyer<\/a> advocates at our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/index.php\">expert Massachusetts attorney<\/a> law firm today.\u00a0 Our nationally respected, full service <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-about-gil-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, Massachusetts law office<\/a> will fight to obtain the full and fair <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-damages.php\">personal injury damages<\/a> that you deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Contact our expert <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-about-gil-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA law firm<\/a> as soon as possible at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong> or email our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-workers-compensation-claims-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Massachusetts worker\u2019s compensation benefits attorney<\/a> experts today at <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">gilhoylaw@hotmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose .8 percent in the first quarter of 2012, despite higher gas prices and small wage increases.\u00a0\u00a0 The total retail sales for the quarter were 24 percent higher than the recession &hellip; 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