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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 13 April 2016

US Retail Sales 13 April 2016: -0.3% for March 2016, below the 0.1% forecast and against 0.0% in February 2016 (first reported as -0.1%). It is the lowest reading since February 2015. 7 of the last 10 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 13 Apr 2016 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
-0.3%
March 2016
Forecast
0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
0.0%
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 13 April 2016: -0.3% for March 2016 against a 0.1% forecast, with the last 10 releases
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The last 10 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
13 Apr 2016Mar-0.3%0.1%0.0%
15 Mar 2016Feb-0.1%-0.1%-0.4%
12 Feb 2016Jan0.2%0.1%0.2%
15 Jan 2016Dec-0.1%0%0.4%
11 Jun 2015May1.2%1.1%0.2%(R)
13 May 2015Apr0.0%0.2%1.1%(R)
14 Apr 2015Mar0.9%1.0%-0.5%(R)
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 15 March 2016The release after:US Retail Sales 13 May 2016US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar