Most economists were predicting an increase in retail sales in the U. S. for the month of May of 6% to 8%, yet the number reported today is 17.7%, which really isn’t surprising considering the depth of the slowdown in March and April, and the American people having realized all the establishment media’s panic about the wuhan is a scare-hoax being orchestrated to strangle the economy, to hinder president Trump’s reelection. We might call it patriotic purchasing lifting the economy.