In America, you can tell a lot about how things are going by how much stuff people are buying. Every month, the Census Bureau releases its retail sales report, which tracks changes in the purchase of ...

December 2024 retail sales were positive but slightly below expectations, with an increase in month-on-month sales by 0.4%. This was the fourth consecutive monthly expansion in retail sales and ...

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for July showed consumer spending was slightly lower than expected, with headline sales rising 0.5%. This marks the second consecutive monthly increase ...

New data out Friday showed retail sales declined more than expected in the first month of 2025. Headline retail sales fell 0.9% in January, more than the 0.2% decline economists had expected, ...

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for March showed a surge in consumer spending last month, with headline sales rising 1.4%. Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for ...

Note: The growth rates in this table are not adjusted for price factors. Total retail sales of consumer goods refer to the revenue of enterprises (units or self-employed individuals) from sales of non ...