Retail sales

USD · Monthly · 08:30 ET. PTM rates it high impact.

What it is

The advance estimate of monthly sales at retailers and food services, a timely read on consumer spending.

Headline sales, sales excluding autos, and the control group that feeds GDP's consumer spending estimate. Figures are nominal, so prices affect them.

Who publishes it

US Census Bureau

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