 Meanwhile, retail sales data also came in better than anticipated, which could ease concerns about the consumer, which was thought to be buckling and seems to be gaining some ground right now. June sales were unchanged, while economists polled by Dow Jones predicted a decline of 0.4%. Excluding autos, sales rose 0.4%, a larger gain than the 0.1% consensus forecasted. And those moves follow a winning day on Wall Street that pushed the Dow to all-time highs. Investors bet that the