<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081015/bs_afp/useconomyretailsales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081015/capt.cps.nxe62.151008151307.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=tPCIgRS8vrjQRjNzFJ fsaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Consumers walk around a mall in New York City in 2007. US retail sales have slumped 1.2 percent in September, government data has shown in a sign of deeper troubles for an economy ailing from a financial market firestorm and tight credit.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Nagle)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US retail sales slumped 1.2 percent in September, government data showed Wednesday in a sign of deeper troubles for an economy ailing from a financial market firestorm and tight credit.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(AFP)