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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 17 March 2025

US Retail Sales 17 March 2025: 0.2% for February 2025, below the 0.6% forecast and against -1.2% in January 2025 (first reported as -0.9%). It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Mon 17 Mar 2025 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
0.2%
February 2025
Forecast
0.6%
The market consensus
Previous
-1.2%
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 17 March 2025: 0.2% for February 2025 against a 0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 Mar 2025Feb0.2%0.6%-1.2%
14 Feb 2025Jan-0.9%-0.1%0.7%
16 Jan 2025Dec0.4%0.6%0.8%
17 Dec 2024Nov0.7%0.5%0.5%
15 Nov 2024Oct0.4%0.3%0.8%
17 Oct 2024Sep0.4%0.3%0.1%
17 Sep 2024Aug0.1%-0.2%1.1%
15 Aug 2024Jul1%0.3%-0.2%
16 Jul 2024Jun0%0%0.3%
18 Jun 2024May0.1%0.2%-0.2%
15 May 2024Apr0%0.4%0.6%
15 Apr 2024Mar0.7%0.3%0.9%
The release before:US Retail Sales 14 February 2025The release after:US Retail Sales 16 April 2025US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar