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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 16 September 2025

US Retail Sales 16 September 2025: 0.6% for August 2025, above the 0.2% forecast and against 0.6% in July 2025 (first reported as 0.5%). 7 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 16 Sep 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
0.6%
August 2025
Forecast
0.2%
The market consensus
Previous
0.6%
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 16 September 2025: 0.6% for August 2025 against a 0.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Sep 2025Aug0.6%0.2%0.6%
15 Aug 2025Jul0.5%0.5%0.9%
17 Jul 2025Jun0.6%0.1%-0.9%
17 Jun 2025May-0.9%-0.7%-0.1%
15 May 2025Apr0.1%0%1.7%
16 Apr 2025Mar1.4%1.3%0.2%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 15 August 2025The release after:US Retail Sales 25 November 2025US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar