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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 15 February 2017

US Retail Sales 15 February 2017: 0.4% for January 2017, above the 0.1% forecast and against 1% in December 2016 (first reported as 0.6%). It is the lowest reading since March 2016. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Wed 15 Feb 2017 at 13:30 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
0.4%
January 2017
Forecast
0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A broad, forecast-beating rise usually supports the dollar modestly through the growth outlook.

US Retail Sales 15 February 2017: 0.4% for January 2017 against a 0.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 Feb 2017Jan0.4%0.1%1%
13 Jan 2017Dec0.6%0.4%0.2%
13 May 2016Apr1.3%0.7%-0.3%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 13 January 2017The release after:US Retail Sales 15 March 2017US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar