Retail Sales

Sales at U.S. retail and food-service establishments.

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CURRENT6.29%% YoY • September 2026

PRIOR MOVE+0.73 ppvs prior month

VS YEAR AGO+2.60 ppchange in displayed metric

10-YEAR POSITION77thpercentile rank

Retail Sales history

% YoY • normalized monthly

121 plotted periodsLatest: 6.29%

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Sep 2026: 6.29 % YoY

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WHY IT MATTERS

Consumer spending is a major driver of the U.S. economy, making retail sales a useful gauge of household demand.

The current 5-year z-score is 0.40, with a 10-year displayed-metric range of -19.51% to 51.49%.

SOURCE & METHOD

Verified data, calculated server-side.

Source: FRED, series RSAFS. Values are displayed in % YoY.

Historical coverage begins January 1992. Daily and weekly observations are averaged within each calendar month for this page chart.

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LaborPayrollsMonthly change in total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment.InflationCPIConsumer price inflation across a broad basket of goods and services.GrowthReal GDPInflation-adjusted output of the U.S. economy.

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