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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 12 January 2018

US Retail Sales 12 January 2018: 0.4% for December 2017, in line with the forecast and against 0.9% in April 2017 (first reported as 0.4%). It was released on Fri 12 Jan 2018 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%
December 2017
Forecast
0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
0.9%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The dollar often changes little unless details or revisions are surprising.

US Retail Sales 12 January 2018: 0.4% for December 2017 against a 0.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
12 Jan 2018Dec0.4%0.4%0.9%
12 May 2017Apr0.4%0.6%0.1%
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)
The release before:US Retail Sales 12 May 2017The release after:US Retail Sales 14 February 2018US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar