Every­day Eco­nom­ics: Will retail sales, hous­ing starts alle­vi­ate growth con­cerns?

(The Cen­ter Square) – A high­er-than-expect­ed increase in the unem­ploy­ment rate caused sig­nif­i­cant pan­ic last week. How­ev­er, data from the Insti­tute for Sup­ply Man­age­ment indi­cat­ed that the ser­vices sec­tor expand­ed in July, while the com­merce depart­ment data showed ini­tial job­less claims fell. The stock mar­ket made a mod­est recov­ery, par­tial­ly era …