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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 17 March 2020

US Retail Sales 17 March 2020: -0.5% for February 2020, below the 0.2% forecast and against 0.6% in January 2020 (first reported as 0.3%). It is the lowest reading since December 2018. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 17 Mar 2020 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
-0.5%
February 2020
Forecast
0.2%
The market consensus
Previous
0.6%
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 17 March 2020: -0.5% for February 2020 against a 0.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Mar 2020Feb-0.5%0.2%0.6%
14 Feb 2020Jan0.3%0.3%0.2%
16 Jan 2020Dec0.3%0.3%0.3%
15 May 2019Apr-0.2%0.2%1.7%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 14 February 2020The release after:US Retail Sales 15 April 2020US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar