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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 12 March 2015

US Retail Sales 12 March 2015: -0.6% for February 2015, below the 0.3% forecast and up from -0.8% in January 2015. It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 12 Mar 2015 at 12:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Census Bureau. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
-0.6%
February 2015
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.8%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A clear miss usually weighs on the dollar if it points to weaker household demand.

US Retail Sales 12 March 2015: -0.6% for February 2015 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 3 releases
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The last 3 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
12 Mar 2015Feb-0.6%0.3%-0.8%
12 Feb 2015Jan-0.8%-0.5%-0.9%
14 Jan 2015Dec-0.9%-0.1%0.4%(R)
The release before:US Retail Sales 12 February 2015The release after:US Retail Sales 14 April 2015US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar