If July is supposed to be the tipping point, when the business cycle succumbs to gravity, it’s not obvious in today’s update on retail sales. Spending rebounded strongly last month, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. The advance estimate of U.S. retail and food services sales for July, seasonally adjusted, popped 0.8%. That’s the highest monthly gain since February’s 1% surge. Economists generally were projecting a gain of roughly 0.3%, Bloomberg notes.