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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 15 May 2020

US Retail Sales 15 May 2020: -16.4% for April 2020, below the -12% forecast and against -8.3% in March 2020 (first reported as -8.7%). It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 15 May 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
-16.4%
April 2020
Forecast
-12%
The market consensus
Previous
-8.3%
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 15 May 2020: -16.4% for April 2020 against a -12% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
15 May 2020Apr-16.4%-12%-8.3%
15 Apr 2020Mar-8.7%-8%-0.4%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 15 April 2020The release after:US Retail Sales 16 June 2020US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar