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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 17 January 2024

US Retail Sales 17 January 2024: 0.6% for December 2023, above the 0.4% forecast and up from 0.3% in November 2023. It is the highest reading since September 2023. It is the sixth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Wed 17 Jan 2024 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
0.6%
December 2023
Forecast
0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
0.3%
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 17 January 2024: 0.6% for December 2023 against a 0.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Jan 2024Dec0.6%0.4%0.3%
14 Dec 2023Nov0.3%-0.1%-0.2%
15 Nov 2023Oct-0.1%-0.3%0.9%
17 Oct 2023Sep0.7%0.3%0.8%
14 Sep 2023Aug0.6%0.2%0.5%
15 Aug 2023Jul0.7%0.4%0.3%
18 Jul 2023Jun0.2%0.5%0.5%
15 Jun 2023May0.3%-0.1%0.4%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 14 December 2023The release after:US Retail Sales 15 February 2024US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar