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United States Retail Sales 2025-06-17 08:30 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

The 2025-05-31 Retail Sales release printed -0.8. The previous reading was -0.2, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Federal Reserve policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
-0.8
Previous
-0.2
Forecast
--
Public release ID
usd_retail_sales_2025-06-17

United States Retail Sales release chart

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

United States Retail Sales chart through 2025-05-31
USD Retail Sales readings through 2025-05-31. Latest: -0.8.

Retail Sales release read

The 2025-05-31 Retail Sales release printed -0.8. The previous reading was -0.2, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Federal Reserve policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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

For USD 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.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_retail_sales_2025-06-17
API announcement ID usd_retail_sales_2025-05-31
Release time
2025-06-17 12:30 UTC
Reference period date 2025-05-31
Actual value -0.8
Previous value -0.2
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1750163400

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States 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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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1750163400,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2025-06-17T08:30:00-04:00",
  "announcement_id": "usd_retail_sales_2025-05-31",
  "date": "2025-05-31",
  "observation_id": "usd_retail_sales_canonical_mom_default_standard_period_2025-05-31",
  "previous_value": -0.2,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1750163400,
      "val": -0.8
    }
  ],
  "val": -0.8
}