United States Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Nov 30, 2024

Actual

0.7

Units In

0.5

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 16, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 13 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 increased 0.7% mom in November 2024, following an upwardly revised 0.5% rise in October and above forecasts of 0.5%. The data continued to point to a robust consumer spending during the holiday shopping season. Biggest increases were recorded for sales at motor vehicles and part dealers (2.6%) and nonstore retailers (1.8%). Increases were also seen for sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, & book stores (0.9%); building material & garden equipment supplies dealers (0.4%); furniture (0.3%); electronics and appliances (0.3%); and gasoline stations (0.1%). In contrast, sales were flat at health and personal care stores and declined at miscellaneous store retailers (-3.5%); food services and drinking places (-0.4%); food and beverages stores (-0.2%); clothing (-0.2%); and general merchandise stores (-0.1%). Meanwhile, sales excluding food services, auto dealers, building materials stores and gasoline stations, which are used to calculate GDP, increased 0.4%.