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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 18 April 2019

US Retail Sales 18 April 2019: 1.6% for March 2019, above the 0.9% forecast and up from -0.2% in February 2019. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Apr 2019 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
1.6%
March 2019
Forecast
0.9%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.2%
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 18 April 2019: 1.6% for March 2019 against a 0.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Apr 2019Mar1.6%0.9%-0.2%
1 Apr 2019Feb-0.2%0.3%0.7%
11 Mar 2019Jan0.2%0%-1.6%
14 Feb 2019Dec-1.2%0.2%0.1%
15 May 2018Apr0.3%0.3%0.8%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 1 April 2019The release after:US Retail Sales 15 May 2019US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar