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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 17 May 2022

US Retail Sales 17 May 2022: 0.9% for April 2022, in line with the forecast and against 1.4% in March 2022 (first reported as 0.5%). It is the highest reading since January 2022. It was released on Tue 17 May 2022 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
0.9%
April 2022
Forecast
0.9%
The market consensus
Previous
1.4%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The dollar often changes little unless details or revisions are surprising.

US Retail Sales 17 May 2022: 0.9% for April 2022 against a 0.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 May 2022Apr0.9%0.9%1.4%
14 Apr 2022Mar0.5%0.6%0.8%
16 Mar 2022Feb0.3%0.4%4.9%
16 Feb 2022Jan3.8%2%-2.5%
14 Jan 2022Dec-1.9%0%0.2%
15 Dec 2021Nov0.3%0.8%1.8%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 14 April 2022The release after:US Retail Sales 15 June 2022US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar