U.S. retail sales topped forecasts in November as a key measure jumped by the most in a year and October figures were revised higher, indicating consumers are giving a bigger boost to the economy than expected this quarter. The value of overall sales rose 0.2 percent after a 1.1 percent increase the prior month, Commerce Department figures showed Friday. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 0.1 percent gain. Sales in the so-called control group subset, which some analysts use to gauge underlying consumer demand, climbed 0.9 percent, more than double projections, following a 0.7 percent ... (full story)