Following last week's strong retail sales figures for December released by the Commerce Department, some economists are revisiting projections for year end GDP, according to Bloomberg.

They are supporting several aspects of commercial real estate such as industrial and restaurants & bars, according to a news video this week from Marcus & Millichap.

Core retail sales were up by 3% year-over-year as of December on an inflation-adjusted basis.

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