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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 16 April 2018

US Retail Sales 16 April 2018: 0.6% for March 2018, above the 0.4% forecast and up from -0.1% in February 2018. It is the highest reading since December 2016. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Mon 16 Apr 2018 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%
March 2018
Forecast
0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.1%
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 16 April 2018: 0.6% for March 2018 against a 0.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Apr 2018Mar0.6%0.4%-0.1%
14 Mar 2018Feb-0.1%0.3%-0.1%
14 Feb 2018Jan-0.3%0.2%0%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 14 March 2018The release after:US Retail Sales 15 May 2018US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar