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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 16 November 2021

US Retail Sales 16 November 2021: 1.7% for October 2021, above the 1.4% forecast and against 0.8% in September 2021 (first reported as 0.7%). It is the highest reading since March 2021. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Tue 16 Nov 2021 at 13:30 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
1.7%
October 2021
Forecast
1.4%
The market consensus
Previous
0.8%
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 November 2021: 1.7% for October 2021 against a 1.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Nov 2021Oct1.7%1.4%0.8%
15 Oct 2021Sep0.7%-0.2%0.9%
16 Sep 2021Aug0.7%-0.8%-1.8%
17 Aug 2021Jul-1.1%-0.3%0.7%
16 Jul 2021Jun0.6%-0.4%-1.7%
15 Jun 2021May-1.3%-0.8%0.9%
14 May 2021Apr0.0%1%10.7%
15 Apr 2021Mar9.8%5.9%-2.7%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 15 October 2021The release after:US Retail Sales 15 December 2021US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar