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United States Retail Sales
Retail sales for United States measures the total receipts at retail stores, capturing consumer spending on goods. It is a high-frequency proxy for consumer demand and GDP growth.
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Why Retail Sales matters for USD
Consumer spending accounts for 60–70% of GDP in most developed economies. Strong retail sales indicate healthy household finances and tend to support the usd by reducing the probability of rate cuts.
How to interpret this series
A beat on retail sales is usd-positive and may delay rate cuts. A sustained decline in retail sales signals consumer stress, which could prompt the Federal Reserve to ease, weakening the usd.
Historical Retail Sales
Source: Census Bureau. Cadence: Monthly. Unit: %MoM. History from 1999-11-30 (26.6 years).
Recent announcements
Each release gets a durable child page so data, forecast, previous value, and raw fields can be cited directly.
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Common questions
Editorial context for readers and AI agents using this page as a cited country indicator source.
How often is United States Retail Sales updated?
Retail Sales for United States is released on a monthly schedule by Federal Reserve (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData ingests each new value within seconds of the official publication and exposes the exact announcement timestamp on every record.
What unit is Retail Sales reported in?
The series is published in %MoM. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source United States Retail Sales data?
Data is fetched directly from Federal Reserve or the official national statistics publication for United States. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.
How do I query Retail Sales for United States via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/usd/retail_sales?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data is public; other currencies require a Professional API key.