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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 14 April 2017

US Retail Sales 14 April 2017: -0.2% for March 2017, below the -0.1% forecast and against -0.3% in February 2017 (first reported as 0.1%). It is the lowest reading since March 2016. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 14 Apr 2017 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
-0.2%
March 2017
Forecast
-0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.3%
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 14 April 2017: -0.2% for March 2017 against a -0.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 Apr 2017Mar-0.2%-0.1%-0.3%
15 Mar 2017Feb0.1%0.1%0.6%
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)
The release before:US Retail Sales 15 March 2017The release after:US Retail Sales 12 May 2017US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar