JS-2034: Statement by Treasury Secretary John W. Snow <script type="text/javascript"> var wmNotice = "UNT Web Archive - External links, forms, and search boxes may not function within this collection. Url: http://treas.gov/press/releases/js2034.htm time: 9:34:45 Sep 20, 2008"; var wmHideNotice = "hide"; var contextRoot = "https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/js/disclaim.js"></script> <br>On September's Retail Sales Data<br>October 15, 2004



	FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS October 15, 2004 JS-2034 Statement by Treasury Secretary John W. Snow On September's Retail Sales Data October 15, 2004 We were pleased to learn, today, that retail sales made a 1.5 percent leap in September - more than double the 0.7 percent increase anticipated by financial markets. This indicator is one more sign that our economy is growing stronger and is on the right path for future growth and job creation. The fiscal policies implemented by President Bush, coupled with the actions of the Federal Reserve, have led our country out of difficult economic times into recovery, growth and job creation. I am optimistic that our best economic days are ahead of us.