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US Retail Sales

US Retail Sales 21 April 2026

US Retail Sales 21 April 2026: 1.7% for March 2026, above the 1.4% forecast and up from 0.6% in February 2026. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Tue 21 Apr 2026 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
1.7%
March 2026
Forecast
1.4%
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 21 April 2026: 1.7% for March 2026 against a 1.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Apr 2026Mar1.7%1.4%0.6%
1 Apr 2026Feb0.6%0.5%-0.2%
6 Mar 2026Jan-0.2%-0.3%0.0%
10 Feb 2026Dec0%0.4%0.6%
25 Nov 2025Sep0.2%0.4%0.6%
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%
The release before:US Retail Sales 1 April 2026The release after:US Retail Sales 14 May 2026US Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar