United States Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Jun 30, 2024

Actual

Units In

0.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 15, 2024

Time to Release

29 Days 1 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
18.2 May 2020	-14.7 Apr 2020	0.4 %	1992-2024	U.S. Census Bureau

Retail sales report in the US provides aggregated measure of sales of retail goods and services over a period of a month. There are thirteen major types of retailers: Motor vehicle & parts dealers (around 20 percent of total sales), Food & beverage stores (13%), General merchandise stores (12.5%), Food services & drinking places (11%), Gasoline stations (10%), Nonstore retailers (9.2%), Building material & garden dealers (6%), Health & personal care stores (6%), Clothing & clothing accessories stores (5%), Miscellaneous store retailers (2.3%), Furniture stores (2%), Electronics & appliance stores (2%) and Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores (1.7%).

Latest Updates

Retail sales in the US stalled in June from May 2024, following an upwardly revised 0.3% rise in the previous period. Sales at gasoline stations were down 3% and those for autos declined 2.3%. Sales were also lower at sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book stores (-0.1%). In contrast, sales increased at nonstore retailers (1.9%), building materials and garden equipment (1.4%), health and personal care stores (0.9%), , clothing (0.6%), furniture (0.6%), electronics and appliances (0.4%), general merchandise stores (0.4%), miscellaneous store retailers (0.3%), food services and drinking places (0.3%), and food and beverages stores (0.1%). Excluding gasoline, sales rose 0.2%, following a 0.5% increase in May. Meanwhile, sales excluding food services, auto dealers, building materials stores and gasoline stations, which are used to calculate GDP, were up 0.9%, the largest increase since April 2023, following a 0.4% rise.