good news: Retail Sales coming in better than expected
"bad" news: HD Earnings were $4.65 from $5.05 a year ago (a bit better than consensus)
"While ..., we did see continued pressure in certain big-ticket, discretionary categories." said CEO, Ted Decker
The credit card limits now well above $4.0 trillion. But so-called ‘excess savings’ are now drying up for upper income folks, so the pace of overall growth will slow as well.