Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services
Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services is the value of retail and food-service sales, reported as Millions of Dollars.
739322.00
Millions of Dollars
Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services — latest reading: 739322.00 millions of dollars. As of August 2026, it is up 5.6% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: MRTSSM44X72USS, US Census Bureau, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it. Higher than every one of the other 415 readings since 1992-01-01.
Min
158647.00
Max
739322.00
Average
386314.24
10Y Percentile
100%
3M Change
+1.1%
Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services (MRTSSM44X72USS) — 416 observations from 1992-01-01 to 2026-08-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.
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How these numbers changed
Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Millions of Dollars.
| Period | First print | Now | Change | Republished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 764462 | 729915 | -34547 | 1× |
| Jun 2026 | 768072 | 732898 | -35174 | 2× |
| May 2026 | 766876 | 731415 | -35461 | 2× |
| Apr 2026 | 757036 | 723921 | -33115 | 2× |
| Mar 2026 | 753370 | 719700 | -33670 | 2× |
| Feb 2026 | 739772 | 707959 | -31813 | 2× |
| Jan 2026 | 733955 | 701860 | -32095 | 2× |
| Dec 2025 | 734685 | 706264 | -28421 | 2× |
| Nov 2025 | 735085 | 705453 | -29632 | 2× |
| Oct 2025 | 731412 | 700790 | -30622 | 2× |
| Sep 2025 | 732444 | 700948 | -31496 | 2× |
Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services for July 2026 first printed at 764462 on September 16, 2026, was revised once, and now reads down to 729915. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.
Macro Regime Context
The growth regime is currently late cycle (71% confidence).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →3-Month
+1.1%
6-Month
+4.4%
12-Month
+5.6%
What this means
Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services is currently at 739322.00 millions of dollars, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is increasing (+1.1% over the past 3 months).
Over the past 6 months the change is +4.4%, and over 12 months it is +5.6%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services," https://www.macroradar.io/retail-sales-retail-trade-and-food-services (as of August 2026).