2018 holiday sales the most in almost 10 years!

[floridafan]

Hosts of CNBC’s Squawk Box were stunned on Thursday after the network broke the news that holiday sales for 2018 had unexpectedly fizzled.

“We just got some big economic data and it’s moving the markets right now,” CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin explained. “Retail sales falling the most in a decade, falling 1.2 percent. Gains of futures evaporating. We were up triple digits.”

“I mean, the retail sales data was so disappointing,” one host agreed.

“Nine years,” another host grumbled.

“And we thought the holiday season was so great!” Sorkin exclaimed.

“I was thinking that things were pretty good, maybe I’m going to shift back to more hawkish,” co-host Joe Kernen lamented. “This might seem to indicate that they stay exactly how they are.”

[Vasquezrocks]

As it has done the past several years the day after Christmas, Amazon*on Wednesday put out a list of its accomplishments from this year's holiday season. Among the data points and assorted claims, the company says it's become more ingrained in our holiday celebrations: Customers around the globe ordered more items from the retail giant this holiday shopping season than ever before.*

[floridafan]

As it has done the past several years the day after Christmas, Amazon*on Wednesday put out a list of its accomplishments from this year's holiday season. Among the data points and assorted claims, the company says it's become more ingrained in our holiday celebrations: Customers around the globe ordered more items from the retail giant this holiday shopping season than ever before.*

Amazon does not represent the entirety of holiday purchases. Trumps economy took a big hit