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Basic Info

US Retail Sales YoY is at 2.63%, compared to 1.69% last month and 1.65% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 4.61%.

US Retail Sales YoY measures the year over year percent change in total retail sales within the US economy, excluding food and services, and represents a majority of discretionary consumer spending. US Retail Sales YoY reached a trough of -12.75% on December 2008 as consumers opted to use less of their discretionary income during the financial crisis.

Stats

Last Value 2.63%
Latest Period Oct 2024
Last Updated Nov 15 2024, 08:33 EST
Next Release Dec 17 2024, 08:30 EST
Long Term Average 4.61%
Average Growth Rate 230.1%
Value from Last Month 1.69%
Change from Last Month 55.75%
Value from 1 Year Ago 1.65%
Change from 1 Year Ago 59.36%
Frequency Monthly
Unit Percent
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Notes Year over year growth of seasonally adjusted retail sales. Retail sales exclude food services. Retail sales from the Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services.

Historical Data

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Date Value
October 31, 2024 2.63%
September 30, 2024 1.69%
August 31, 2024 1.71%
July 31, 2024 2.79%
June 30, 2024 1.67%
May 31, 2024 2.23%
April 30, 2024 2.27%
March 31, 2024 3.29%
February 29, 2024 1.41%
January 31, 2024 -0.26%
December 31, 2023 4.64%
November 30, 2023 3.01%
October 31, 2023 1.65%
September 30, 2023 3.44%
August 31, 2023 2.23%
July 31, 2023 1.74%
June 30, 2023 0.78%
May 31, 2023 1.26%
April 30, 2023 0.48%
March 31, 2023 0.23%
February 28, 2023 3.52%
January 31, 2023 5.43%
December 31, 2022 3.72%
November 30, 2022 4.43%
October 31, 2022 6.94%
Date Value
September 30, 2022 7.62%
August 31, 2022 8.84%
July 31, 2022 9.60%
June 30, 2022 8.20%
May 31, 2022 8.07%
April 30, 2022 7.16%
March 31, 2022 5.53%
February 28, 2022 14.75%
January 31, 2022 11.52%
December 31, 2021 14.73%
November 30, 2021 15.72%
October 31, 2021 13.52%
September 30, 2021 11.06%
August 31, 2021 12.56%
July 31, 2021 11.70%
June 30, 2021 16.13%
May 31, 2021 23.35%
April 30, 2021 46.99%
March 31, 2021 29.13%
February 28, 2021 9.99%
January 31, 2021 12.53%
December 31, 2020 6.53%
November 30, 2020 6.78%
October 31, 2020 8.24%
September 30, 2020 8.99%

Basic Info

US Retail Sales YoY is at 2.63%, compared to 1.69% last month and 1.65% last year. This is lower than the long term average of 4.61%.

US Retail Sales YoY measures the year over year percent change in total retail sales within the US economy, excluding food and services, and represents a majority of discretionary consumer spending. US Retail Sales YoY reached a trough of -12.75% on December 2008 as consumers opted to use less of their discretionary income during the financial crisis.

Stats

Last Value 2.63%
Latest Period Oct 2024
Last Updated Nov 15 2024, 08:33 EST
Next Release Dec 17 2024, 08:30 EST
Long Term Average 4.61%
Average Growth Rate 230.1%
Value from Last Month 1.69%
Change from Last Month 55.75%
Value from 1 Year Ago 1.65%
Change from 1 Year Ago 59.36%
Frequency Monthly
Unit Percent
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Notes Year over year growth of seasonally adjusted retail sales. Retail sales exclude food services. Retail sales from the Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services.