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Brazil Retail Sales Planned 2026-10-15 09:00 America/Sao_Paulo: data, chart, and analysis

Brazil Retail Sales came in at 0.1 on Oct 15, 2026, compared with -0.8 previously. See the full release history, chart, Banco Central do Brasil context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
0.1
Previous
-0.8
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-08-31

Last updated:

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Brazil Retail Sales release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Brazil Retail Sales chart through 2026-08-31
BRL Retail Sales readings through 2026-08-31. Latest: 0.1.

Retail Sales release read

Brazil Retail Sales came in at 0.1 on Oct 15, 2026, compared with -0.8 previously. See the full release history, chart, Banco Central do Brasil context, and API access for this series.

The parent Retail Sales page shows the full time series for Brazil. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For BRL event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
3,300 ms

of publication

On FXMacroData at

15 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

15 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 15 Oct 2026
At the scheduled time
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 3,300 ms of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 3,300 ms after it was published.

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID brl_retail_sales_2026-10-15
API announcement ID brl_retail_sales_2026-08-31
Release time
Planned 2026-10-15 12:00 UTC
Reference period date 2026-08-31
Actual value 0.1
Previous value -0.8
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1792065600

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Brazil Retail Sales history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Gross domestic product: the total value of goods and services produced in the economy, its broadest measure of activity. Depending on the country, the headline series is published as a level or as a growth rate; the unit shown with each series says which.

Inflation MoM

Month-over-month change in the consumer price index, measuring short-term inflationary momentum.

Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)

Headline inflation: the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the standard measure central banks target.

Producer Price Index (PPI)

Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

Trade-Weighted Index (NEER)

Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) measuring the value of a currency relative to a basket of trading partners' currencies, weighted by trade volumes. Published monthly by the BIS.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Brazil Retail Sales.

What did Brazil Retail Sales come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Brazil Retail Sales was 0.1% month on month in August 2026. The previous reading was -0.8%.

When was this Brazil Retail Sales release published?

The official schedule lists Oct 15, 2026 at 09:00 America/Sao_Paulo. The actual publication time is unavailable.

When is the next Brazil Retail Sales release?

The next Brazil Retail Sales release is scheduled for Nov 13, 2026.

What is the official source for Brazil Retail Sales?

IBGE publishes the official Retail Sales series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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    },
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    "basis": "catalogue",
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}