Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services

MRTSSM44X72USSincome spendingFree tier

Series IDMRTSSM44X72USS
UnitsMillions of Dollars
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 and Food Services observation, for 2026-08-01, is 739,322 Millions of Dollars, up from 729,915 for 2026-07-01. It has not been revised since it was first published. 99.8% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-08-01
Latest value739,322 Millions of Dollars
Previous729,915 (2026-07-01)
Change9,407 (+1.3%)
First published value739,322
Last release2026-10-15
Vintages stored114
Observations416
Largest revision (5 years)2025-02-01: 724,535 → 683,772

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