WASHINGTON—Americans stepped up their spending at the start of the holiday season, suggesting the economy’s key engine is humming. Retail sales, a measure of purchases at stores, restaurants and online, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in November from a month earlier to $513.5 billion, slightly exceeding economists’ expectations, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. November...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 14, 2018 13:36 UTC