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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 16 March 2021

US Retail Sales 16 March 2021: -3% for February 2021, below the -0.5% forecast and against 7.6% in January 2021 (first reported as 5.3%). It is the lowest reading since April 2020. 8 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Tue 16 Mar 2021 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
-3%
February 2021
Forecast
-0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
7.6%
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 16 March 2021: -3% for February 2021 against a -0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Mar 2021Feb-3%-0.5%7.6%
17 Feb 2021Jan5.3%1.1%-1%
15 Jan 2021Dec-0.7%0%-1.4%
16 Dec 2020Nov-1.1%-0.3%-0.1%
17 Nov 2020Oct0.3%0.5%1.6%
16 Oct 2020Sep1.9%0.7%0.6%
16 Sep 2020Aug0.6%1%0.9%
14 Aug 2020Jul1.2%1.9%8.4%
16 Jul 2020Jun7.5%5%18.2%
16 Jun 2020May17.7%8%-14.7%
15 May 2020Apr-16.4%-12%-8.3%
15 Apr 2020Mar-8.7%-8%-0.4%
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