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Retail Sales
What Americans spent at stores and restaurants each month.
$738B
Millions of dollars · latest, Aug 2026
vs prior month▲ 1.1%
vs year ago▲ 5.4%
| Year | Retail Sales |
|---|---|
| 1992 | $168B |
| 1993 | $181B |
| 1994 | $195B |
| 1995 | $204B |
| 1996 | $216B |
| 1997 | $225B |
| 1998 | $240B |
| 1999 | $263B |
| 2000 | $268B |
| 2001 | $276B |
| 2002 | $287B |
| 2003 | $301B |
| 2004 | $325B |
| 2005 | $340B |
| 2006 | $356B |
| 2007 | $367B |
| 2008 | $325B |
| 2009 | $339B |
| 2010 | $362B |
| 2011 | $384B |
| 2012 | $401B |
| 2013 | $415B |
| 2014 | $430B |
| 2015 | $442B |
| 2016 | $460B |
| 2017 | $484B |
| 2018 | $490B |
| 2019 | $516B |
| 2020 | $539B |
| 2021 | $622B |
| 2022 | $648B |
| 2023 | $667B |
| 2024 | $692B |
| 2025 | $706B |
| 2026 | $738B |
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Source: FRED · RSAFS · series · Jan 1992 to Aug 2026 · latest-revised
Refreshed Oct 10, 2026 from FRED.
What Americans spent at stores and restaurants each month.
Advance estimate of US retail and food services sales.
Source: FRED · Aug 2026 · Full lesson → Learn
About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event up with a move is not evidence it caused the move.
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No single number is the economy. These measure nearby parts of it — add one to compare, or open it on its own.
- Consumer Sentiment How households say they feel, against what they spent.
- Real Wage Growth (YoY) Whether the income behind the spending is keeping pace with prices.
- Personal Saving Rate What households kept rather than spent.