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Retail sales

How much shoppers spent at stores, restaurants and online last month versus the month before.

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Retail sales, month over monthlatest 1.2% (2026-08-01) · 60 prints
-1.4%1.5%4.4%2021-09-01: 0.7%2021-10-01: 1.5%2021-11-01: 1.0%2021-12-01: -0.8%2022-01-01: 1.9%2022-02-01: 1.0%2022-03-01: 2.0%2022-04-01: 1.4%2022-05-01: -0.1%2022-06-01: 0.9%2022-07-01: -1.0%2022-08-01: 0.6%2022-09-01: -0.3%2022-10-01: 1.0%2022-11-01: -1.4%2022-12-01: -1.2%2023-01-01: 4.4%2023-02-01: -1.2%2023-03-01: -1.1%2023-04-01: 0.8%2023-05-01: 0.5%2023-06-01: 0.5%2023-07-01: 0.2%2023-08-01: 0.9%2023-09-01: 0.7%2023-10-01: -0.5%2023-11-01: -0.1%2023-12-01: 0.1%2024-01-01: -0.8%2024-02-01: 0.7%2024-03-01: 0.3%2024-04-01: 0.0%2024-05-01: 0.8%2024-06-01: 0.0%2024-07-01: 0.9%2024-08-01: -0.3%2024-09-01: 0.9%2024-10-01: 0.7%2024-11-01: 0.5%2024-12-01: 0.8%2025-01-01: -0.8%2025-02-01: 0.0%2025-03-01: 1.7%2025-04-01: -0.1%2025-05-01: -1.1%2025-06-01: 0.7%2025-07-01: 1.2%2025-08-01: 0.3%2025-09-01: 0.3%2025-10-01: -0.2%2025-11-01: 0.5%2025-12-01: 0.0%2026-01-01: 0.0%2026-02-01: 0.9%2026-03-01: 1.7%2026-04-01: 0.7%2026-05-01: 0.9%2026-06-01: 0.3%2026-07-01: -0.5%2026-08-01: 1.2%202120222023202420252026

Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, from Census Bureau data. Values shown are as currently published, so revisions are included here even though the game scores the first print.

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August retail sales
Sep 16, 2026
1.2%
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