United States Retail Sales YoY 1993-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Retail Sales in the United States increased 6.60 percent in August of 2018 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in the United States averaged 4.40 percent from 1993 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 11.20 percent in March of 1994 and a record low of -11.50 percent in March of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-07-16	12:30 PM	Retail Sales YoY	6.6%	6.5%	3.7%
2018-08-15	12:30 PM	Retail Sales YoY	6.4%	6.1%	4.4%
2018-09-14	12:30 PM	Retail Sales YoY	6.6%	6.7%	4.8%
2018-10-15	12:30 PM	Retail Sales YoY		6.6%	5.2%
2018-11-15	01:30 PM	Retail Sales YoY			4.5%
2018-12-14	01:30 PM	Retail Sales YoY			4.2%

United States Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	100.80	96.20	111.40	51.70	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales MoM	0.10	0.70	6.70	-3.90	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	6.60	6.70	11.20	-11.50	percent	[+]
Retail Sales Ex Autos	0.30	0.90	2.60	-4.00	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	12841.20	12722.84	12841.20	1403.69	USD Billion	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	15566.48	15520.43	15566.48	351.90	USD Billion	[+]
Personal Spending	0.40	0.40	2.80	-2.10	percent	[+]
Personal Income	0.30	0.40	4.60	-4.70	percent	[+]
Personal Savings	6.70	6.80	17.30	2.20	percent	[+]
Consumer Credit	16.60	8.50	118.10	-113.40	USD Billion	[+]
Private Sector Credit	9383.23	9380.95	9463.65	39.04	USD Billion	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	5.00	5.00	20.50	2.00	percent	[+]
Economic Optimism Index	55.70	58.00	62.90	35.80		[+]
Redbook Index	5.40	6.30	7.60	-5.80	percent	[+]
Chain Store Sales	3782.00	3961.00	15875.00	3055.00	USD Million	[+]
Gasoline Prices	0.75	0.75	0.99	0.32	USD/Liter	[+]
Households Debt To Gdp	78.70	78.50	98.00	23.80	percent of GDP	[+]
Consumer Confidence Current Conditions	113.20	112.50	121.10	57.50		[+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations	80.20	83.90	108.60	44.20		[+]
Consumer Confidence Price Trends	2.70	2.60	10.40	0.40		[+]

United States Retail Sales YoY

In the United States, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago. This page provides - United States Retail Sales YoY - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Retail Sales YoY - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.