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United States Retail Sales Planned 2026-10-15 08:30 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Retail Sales came in at 0.8 on Oct 15, 2026, compared with 1.13 previously and a 1.38 forecast. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
0.8
Previous
1.13
Forecast
1.38

FXMacroData Blended Forecast

Reference period
2026-09-30

Last updated:

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United States Retail Sales release chart

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

United States Retail Sales chart through 2026-09-30
USD Retail Sales readings through 2026-09-30. Latest: 0.8.

Retail Sales release read

United States Retail Sales came in at 0.8 on Oct 15, 2026, compared with 1.13 previously and a 1.38 forecast. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The forecast marker for this release is 1.38 from FXMacroData Blended Forecast. Compare it with the actual value to assess the direction and size of the surprise.

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.

Pickup record

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

Available within
4,912 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
7,949 ms after 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 4,912 ms of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 4,912 ms after it was published.

See the pickup record for every recent release

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_retail_sales_2026-10-15
API announcement ID usd_retail_sales_2026-09-30
Release time
Planned 2026-10-15 12:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-09-30
Actual value 0.8
Previous value 1.13
Forecast 1.38 FXMacroData Blended Forecast
Surprise -0.58
Announcement timestamp 1792067400

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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Common questions about this release

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

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

United States Retail Sales was 0.8% month on month in September 2026. The forecast field was 1.38%. The previous reading was 1.13%. That is a surprise of -0.58 percentage points versus forecast.

When was this United States Retail Sales release published?

The official schedule lists Oct 15, 2026 at 08:30 America/New_York. The actual publication time is unavailable.

When is the next United States Retail Sales release?

The next United States Retail Sales release is scheduled for Jan 15, 2027.

What is the official source for United States Retail Sales?

Census Bureau 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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