Retail Sales y/y shows the change in the US retail sales for the given month compared to the same month of the previous year. The calculation is adjusted for inflation. The index is often called the consumer spending indicator and allows assessing inflation in the US. The indicator growth can have a positive effect on the US dollar quotes.
United States Retail Sales y/y
Last release
21 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
4.0%
Forecast
3.0%
Previous
4.0%
Next release
14 May 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 16 days
Forecast
3.4%
Previous
4.0%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Previous
15 Apr 2021
Mar 2021
27.7%
6.9%
6.7%
16 Mar 2021
Feb 2021
6.3%
5.2%
9.5%
17 Feb 2021
Jan 2021
7.4%
3.5%
2.5%
15 Jan 2021
Dec 2020
2.9%
4.9%
3.7%
16 Dec 2020
Nov 2020
4.1%
-0.2%
5.5%
17 Nov 2020
Oct 2020
5.7%
-2.8%
5.9%
16 Oct 2020
Sep 2020
5.4%
-2.9%
2.8%
16 Sept 2020
Aug 2020
2.6%
-5.5%
2.4%
14 Aug 2020
Jul 2020
2.7%
-2.3%
2.1%
16 Jul 2020
Jun 2020
1.1%
-4.2%
-5.6%
16 Jun 2020
May 2020
-6.1%
-43.3%
-19.9%
15 May 2020
Apr 2020
-21.6%
-9.1%
-5.7%
15 Apr 2020
Mar 2020
-6.2%
4.4%
4.6%
17 Mar 2020
Feb 2020
4.3%
5.1%
5.0%
14 Feb 2020
Jan 2020
4.4%
4.6%
5.5%
16 Jan 2020
Dec 2019
5.8%
3.2%
3.3%
13 Dec 2019
Nov 2019
3.3%
3.6%
3.2%
15 Nov 2019
Oct 2019
3.1%
4.1%
4.1%
16 Oct 2019
Sep 2019
4.1%
3.8%
4.4%
13 Sept 2019
Aug 2019
4.1%
—
3.6%