US auto sales surged last month as consumers frontloaded major purchases in an attempt to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s aggressive new trade levies.
Retail sales jumped 1.4 per cent in March, the Census Bureau reported on Wednesday. The main driver of growth was a 5.7 per cent jump in seasonally adjusted auto sales, the biggest increase since January 2023.
The report showed that “savvy consumers” were bringing forward their big-ticket purchases in order to avoid tariff-driven price rises, said James Knightley, chief international economist at ING.
您已阅读25%（559字），剩余75%（1655字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。