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Aug 18, 2026
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Home Depot beats quarterly sales estimates as high interest rates boost repair demand
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Home Depot beats quarterly sales estimates as high interest rates boost repair demand
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Home Depot HD-N -0.29%
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beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter sales on Tuesday, as resilient demand for smaller repair-and-maintenance projects helped offset a sluggish U.S. housing market.
The world’s largest home-improvement retailer posted sales of US$47.86-billion in the three months ended Aug. 2, topping analysts’ expecta…
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