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A handful of key economic data points dropped last week, painting a picture of an economy that is successfully downshifting from its recent inflation peaks even as consumers keep their footing.

According to the Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report, consumer spending rose for a fifth straight month in June. Headline sales were up 0.2% as expected, marking a slowdown from May's 1.0% increase.

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) debuted on 06/19/2006, and offers broad exposure to the Consumer Discretionary ETFs category of the market.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Consumer Discretionary - Retail segment of the equity market, the State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on June 19, 2006.

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