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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 14 March 2024

US Retail Sales 14 March 2024: 0.6% for February 2024, below the 0.8% forecast and against -1.1% in January 2024 (first reported as -0.8%). It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 14 Mar 2024 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
0.6%
February 2024
Forecast
0.8%
The market consensus
Previous
-1.1%
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 14 March 2024: 0.6% for February 2024 against a 0.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
14 Mar 2024Feb0.6%0.8%-1.1%
15 Feb 2024Jan-0.8%-0.1%0.4%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 15 February 2024The release after:US Retail Sales 15 April 2024US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar