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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 16 May 2023

US Retail Sales 16 May 2023: 0.4% for April 2023, below the 0.8% forecast and against -0.7% in March 2023 (first reported as -1%). It is the highest reading since January 2023. It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Tue 16 May 2023 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
0.4%
April 2023
Forecast
0.8%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.7%
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 May 2023: 0.4% for April 2023 against a 0.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 May 2023Apr0.4%0.8%-0.7%
14 Apr 2023Mar-1%-0.4%-0.2%
15 Mar 2023Feb-0.4%-0.3%3.2%
15 Feb 2023Jan3%1.8%-1.1%
18 Jan 2023Dec-1.1%-0.8%-1%
15 Dec 2022Nov-0.6%-0.1%1.3%
16 Nov 2022Oct1.3%1%0%
14 Oct 2022Sep0.0%0.2%0.4%
15 Sep 2022Aug0.3%0%-0.4%
17 Aug 2022Jul0%0.1%0.8%
15 Jul 2022Jun1%0.8%-0.1%
15 Jun 2022May-0.3%0.2%0.7%
The release before:US Retail Sales 14 April 2023The release after:US Retail Sales 15 June 2023US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar