Following major gains by liberal Democrats in the 1974 midterm election, the American people elected Jimmy Carter.

The drop followed gains of 23.4 percent in March and 10.1 percent in February.

These Ostsiedlung settlements in part followed territorial gains of the Holy Roman Empire, but areas beyond were settled, too.

February's spate of weak economic statistics, which included a decline in retail sales and flat industrial production, followed strong gains in January.

The Commerce Department said the increase followed similar gains in March and February.

These declines followed gains of comparable size in June.

The tiny December increase followed gains of $3.28 billion in November and $7.21 billion in October, the Fed said.

Last month's drop followed gains of 1.4 percent in December and 4.8 percent in November.

The drop in June retail sales follows strong gains earlier this year and could point to slower growth in the second half as consumers spend less, analysts said.

His remarks, in a television interview, followed big electoral gains by the anti-immigrant far-right National Front.