Retail Sales: Retail Trade

MRTSMPCSM44000USSincome spendingFree tier

Series IDMRTSMPCSM44000USS
UnitsPercent Change from Preceding Period
FrequencyMonthly
Categoryincome spending
Latest observation2026-08-01
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest Retail Sales: Retail Trade observation, for 2026-08-01, is 1.3 Percent Change from Preceding Period, up from -0.5 for 2026-07-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 84.1% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-08-01
Latest value1.3 Percent Change from Preceding Period
Previous-0.5 (2026-07-01)
Change1.8 (+360.0%)
First published value1.3
Last release2026-10-15
Vintages stored114
Observations415
Largest revision (5 years)2022-01-01: 5.7 → 2.5

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