WASHINGTON — Retail sales declined in September by the largest amount this year as car sales plummeted following the end of the government's popular Cash for Clunkers program. But outside of autos, sales were better than expected.
Retail sales fall 1.5 percent as clunker cash wears off
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | 12:37 p.m. CDT;
updated 5:27 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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