Retail Sales YoY

Low

Next releaseOctober 29, 2026 at 11:0029d
Forecast3.5%
Previous3.5%
ImportanceLow

Track record

Published monthly. Across the 36 releases held here, from 2023-10-27 to 2026-09-29, the actual came in above forecast 19 times, below 17 times and in line 0 times. The typical gap between forecast and actual is 1.4%.

What this moves here

Past releases 24

Aug3.5%6.2% · 6.8%

+7.6%-7.6%
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PeriodActualForecastPrevious
Aug3.5%6.2%6.8%
Jul7%3.8%5.2%
Jun4.8%3%3.6%
May3.3%2.2%2.5%
Apr2.6%3.2%4.2%
Mar3.9%4.1%4%
Feb4.3%3.8%6.4%
Jan6.1%1%1.1%
Dec0.8%3.4%3.2%
Nov3.3%3.7%5.1%
Oct4.8%3%2.7%
Sep2.6%4%4.4%
Aug4.3%2%1.6%
Jul1.7%1%1.5%
Jun1.4%-1%-1.5%
May-2%1%0.5%
Apr0.6%0.3%-0.7%
Mar-0.7%2.8%-0.9%
Feb-0.8%2.5%1.4%
Jan2.1%3.8%3.5%
Dec3.4%2%2.7%
Nov2.7%-0.5%-0.1%
Oct-0.1%0.5%0.2%
Sep0.2%1.5%0.6%

History goes back to 2023, which is as far as our data provider carries it.