economists welcomed the numbers, but say there s one thing that will get consumers to spend more jobs. relying on it which is relying on how much you need to invest, how much they will lead to higher. we thought the economy sold and would be bad for income growth and consumer spending fall back. susie: one retailer nailing it home depot. the home improvement chain posted better than expected earnings today, underscoring the recent strength we ve seen in the housing market. profits rose 12% in the second quarter. it earned more than $1 per share, four cents more than analyst estimates. home depot said today it s more optimistic about the housing recovery, and it s seeing signs of stabilization. that s why it raised its earnings outlook for this year. retailers are now counting on back-to-school spending to keep up the momentum. spending by families with students high school age and younger is expected to grow double digits to over $53 billion. as we continue our look at
may s numbers lower. economists welcomed the numbers, but say there s one thing that will get consumers to spend more jobs. relying on it which is relying on how much you need to invest, how much they will lead to higher. we thought the economy sold and would be bad for income growth and consumer spending fall back. susie: one retailer nailing it home depot. the home improvement chain posted better than expected earnings today, underscoring the recent strength we ve seen in the housing market. profits rose 12% in the second quarter. it earned more than $1 per share, four cents more than analyst estimates. home depot said today it s more optimistic about the housing recovery, and it s seeing signs of stabilization. that s why it raised its earnings outlook for this year. retailers are now counting on back-to-school spending to keep up the momentum. spending by families with students high school age and younger is expected to grow double digits to over $53 billion. as we
economists welcomed the numbers, but say there s one thing that will get consumers to spend more jobs. relying on it which is relying on how much you need to invest, how much they will lead to higher. we thought the economy sold and would be bad for income growth and consumer spending fall back. susie: one retailer nailing it home depot. the home improvement chain posted better than expected earnings today, underscoring the recent strength we ve seen in the housing market. profits rose 12% in the second quarter. it earned more than $1 per share, four cents more than analyst estimates. home depot said today it s more optimistic about the housing recovery, and it s seeing signs of stabilization. that s why it raised its earnings outlook for this year. retailers are now counting on back-to-school spending to keep up the momentum. spending by families with students high school age and younger is expected to grow double digits to over $53 billion. as we continue our look at
may s numbers lower. economists welcomed the numbers, but say there s one thing that will get consumers to spend more jobs. relying on it which is relying on how much you need to invest, how much they will lead to higher. we thought the economy sold and would be bad for income growth and consumer spending fall back. susie: one retailer nailing it home depot. the home improvement chain posted better than expected earnings today, underscoring the recent strength we ve seen in the housing market. profits rose 12% in the second quarter. it earned more than $1 per share, four cents more than analyst estimates. home depot said today it s more optimistic about the housing recovery, and it s seeing signs of stabilization. that s why it raised its earnings outlook for this year. retailers are now counting on back-to-school spending to keep up the momentum. spending by families with students high school age and younger is expected to grow double digits to over $53 billion. as we
it earned more than $1 per share, four cents more than analyst estimates. home depot said today it s more optimistic about the housing recovery, and it s seeing signs of stabilization. that s why it raised its earnings outlookor this year. retailers are now counting on back-to-school spending to keep up the momentum. spending by families with students high school age and younger is expected to grow double digits to over $53 billion. as we continue our look at the back-to-school season, erika miller says what s on your kid s shopping list could determine which retailers get to the top of the class. reporter: mecca star murray and her grandmother are a retailer s dream. we re looking for notebooks, pencils, pens, all that, and getting ready for school. reporter: but they ended up ying a whole lot more. take them both. i mean, seriously, they are cheap enough take them both. reporter: many other shoppers are sticking to the list this year, buying only necessities. i