US retail sales excluding gas and autos rose by 1.2% month-over-month in August 2026, the strongest increase since September 2024, following an upwardly revised 0.3% decline in July. Retail Sales Ex Gas and Autos MoM in the United States averaged 0.40 percent from 1992 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 13.50 percent in May of 2020 and a record low of -13.70 percent in April of 2020. source: U.S. Census Bureau
Retail Sales Ex Gas and Autos MoM in the United States is expected to be 0.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Retail Sales Ex Gas and Autos MoM is projected to trend around 0.30 percent in 2027 and 0.40 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.