OMFG! It's retail sales day today 
Retail sales in the US jumped 0.6% month-over-month in February 2026, rebounding from a 0.1% drop in January and above forecasts of a 0.5% gain, Trading Economics, 4/1/26
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/retail-sales
From the source: https://www.census.gov/retail/sales.htm
Important note: these aren't inflation-adjusted. Although a 0.6% gain in February beats February's inflation rate, the 0.25%/month average of January and February combined doesn't (it matches inflation). Which means people actually bought the same amount of goods and services in this 2-month period. The price increases give the illusion that they bought more. They didn't. The media won't tell you this.
CPI data series: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0
Important note #2 - the above is for February (and January). The attack on Iran began February 28, so Iran wasn't a factor in retail sales.
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