Retail Sales excl. Autos and Gas m/m reflect a percentage change in the total volume of purchases made by consumers in retail stores, in the reported month compared to the previous month. The indicator does not include purchases of services, autos, gas and food. Such calculation enables the overview of patterns in the structure of demand for goods, since changes in sales of these goods categories are often caused by changes in their prices. No adjustment for inflation is applied for the indicator. An increase in retail sales indicates stronger economic growth, but if the increase is larger than expected, it may be inflationary.
United States Retail Sales excl. Autos and Gas m/m
Last release
21 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
0.6%
Forecast
0.3%
Previous
0.6%
Next release
14 May 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 16 days
Forecast
0.3%
Previous
0.6%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Previous
15 Aug 2019
Jul 2019
0.9%
0.3%
0.6%
16 Jul 2019
Jun 2019
0.7%
0.3%
0.5%
14 Jun 2019
May 2019
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
15 May 2019
Apr 2019
-0.2%
0.3%
1.1%
18 Apr 2019
Mar 2019
0.9%
0.2%
-0.7%
01 Apr 2019
Feb 2019
-0.6%
0.3%
1.7%
11 Mar 2019
Jan 2019
1.2%
0.3%
-1.6%
14 Feb 2019
Dec 2018
-1.4%
0.5%
0.5%
14 Dec 2018
Nov 2018
0.5%
0.1%
0.7%
15 Nov 2018
Oct 2018
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
15 Oct 2018
Sep 2018
0.0%
—
0.1%
14 Sept 2018
Aug 2018
0.2%
—
0.9%
15 Aug 2018
Jul 2018
0.6%
—
0.2%
16 Jul 2018
Jun 2018
0.3%
—
1.3%
14 Jun 2018
May 2018
0.8%
—
0.3%
15 May 2018
Apr 2018
0.3%
—
0.4%
16 Apr 2018
Mar 2018
0.3%
—
0.3%
14 Mar 2018
Feb 2018
0.3%
—
-0.1%
14 Feb 2018
Jan 2018
-0.2%
—
0.4%
12 Jan 2018
Dec 2017
0.4%
—
1.2%