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Retail Sales

Monthly retail and food services sales from the Census Bureau MRTS program.

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Current
$719B
Previous
$716B
All-Time High
$719B
All-Time Low
$705B
Next release
Not available
Data Range
January 2024 – June 2024

Coverage is still developing for this series.

Use this series as reference context until live updates stabilize. Latest sample: June 2024.

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Auto chart: Month-over-month % over Full history with recession bands.

Retail Sales time series chart. Showing observations from February 2024 to June 2024. Latest value 0.4%.

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Mode: Month-over-month %
Window: Full history
Recession bands: On for this source
Series
Series code: MRTS
Published table: Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey
Observations: 6
First sample: January 2024
Last sample: June 2024
Source context
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Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau
Source lane: Official national
Transport: REST JSON
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Status: Fallback · Stale
Coverage: Developing coverage
Updated: June 2024
Release cadence: Monthly
Revision policy: Advance estimate with subsequent revisions.
Rights and attribution

Source: U.S. Census Bureau (MRTS). Accessed 2026-04-06.

Auto-eligiblePublic domainCommercial use allowed

Public: Allowed. Paid: Allowed. Export: Allowed.

Census is an official U.S. source. Higher-volume usage still needs quota-aware handling, but the legal posture is clean.

Recommended use: Auto-eligible official data, with usage-volume monitoring. Compliance reviewed April 4, 2026.

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Source
U.S. Census Bureau
Source lane
Official national
Frequency
monthly
Series code
MRTS
Published table
Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey
Latest sample
June 2024
Updated
June 2024
Status
Fallback · Stale

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