Graph and download economic data for Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade (RSXFS) from Jan 1992 to Aug 2025 about retail trade, sales, retail, services, and USA.

This dataset, identified by the series ID RSXFS, is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau and is available through the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) system of the St. Louis Fed. It provides a monthly measure of retail sales across the United States. The data represents the total value of sales at retail and food services stores, measured in millions of dollars and adjusted for seasonal variations. It is important to note that the most recent month's value is an advance estimate, which is subject to revision in subsequent months as more comprehensive data becomes available. As a key economic indicator, this series is widely used by economists and analysts to gauge consumer spending and assess the overall health of the U.S. economy.

Suggested Use Cases: - This dataset is highly valuable for economic analysis and can be used to: - Conduct time series analysis and modeling. - Track consumer spending patterns. - Forecast future retail sales. - Analyze the impact of economic events on the retail sector.

License The RSXFS dataset is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau and is considered Public Domain: Citation Requested. This means the data is freely available for use, but you must cite the source and acknowledge that the data was obtained from FRED. If you plan on using any copyrighted series from other data providers on FRED for commercial purposes, you would need to contact the original data owner for permission.

Data Fields: The dataset primarily contains two columns: - observation_date: The date of the monthly data point, recorded as the first day of each month from January 1992 to July 2025. - RSXFS: The value of advance retail sales in millions of dollars.

Citation and Provenance:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Release: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
FRED Link: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RSXFS
Citation: U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade [RSXFS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RSXFS, September 8, 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services (RSAFS) from Jan 1992 to Sep 2025 about headline figure, food, sales, retail, services, and USA.

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United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade was 14.70000 % Chg. from Preceding Period in March of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade reached a record high of 29.10000 in March of 2021 and a record low of -29.50000 in January of 1994. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.

United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services was 14.80000 % Chg. from Preceding Period in March of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services reached a record high of 29.00000 in March of 2021 and a record low of -28.10000 in January of 1994. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade was 624258.00000 Mil. of $ in March of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade reached a record high of 691312.00000 in December of 2024 and a record low of 130683.00000 in January of 1992. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade was 0.60000 % Chg. from Preceding Period in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade reached a record high of 18.30000 in May of 2020 and a record low of -12.00000 in April of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

The U.S. Census Bureau.s economic indicator surveys provide monthly and quarterly data that are timely, reliable, and offer comprehensive measures of the U.S. economy. These surveys produce a variety of statistics covering construction, housing, international trade, retail trade, wholesale trade, services and manufacturing. The survey data provide measures of economic activity that allow analysis of economic performance and inform business investment and policy decisions. Other data included, which are not considered principal economic indicators, are the Quarterly Summary of State & Local Taxes, Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions, and the Manufactured Homes Survey. For information on the reliability and use of the data, including important notes on estimation and sampling variance, seasonal adjustment, measures of sampling variability, and other information pertinent to the economic indicators, visit the individual programs' webpages - http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm.

United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services was 732010.00000 Mil. of $ in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services reached a record high of 732010.00000 in August of 2025 and a record low of 158647.00000 in March of 1992. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

United States - Advance Retail Sales: Food Services and Drinking Places was 99520.00000 Mil. of $ in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Food Services and Drinking Places reached a record high of 99520.00000 in August of 2025 and a record low of 15932.00000 in June of 1992. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Food Services and Drinking Places - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

United States - Advance Retail Sales: Department Stores was 10660.00000 Mil. of $ in March of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Department Stores reached a record high of 19904.00000 in January of 2001 and a record low of 6206.00000 in April of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Department Stores - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on December of 2025.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Release: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
Units: Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

The value for the most recent month is an advance estimate that is based on data from a subsample of firms from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The advance estimate will be superseded in following months by revised estimates derived from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The associated series from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MRTSSM448USN

Information about the Advance Monthly Retail Sales Survey can be found on the Census website at https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/about_the_surveys.html

Suggested Citation: U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Retail Sales: Clothing and Clothing Accessory Stores [RSCCASN], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RSCCASN, March 11, 2021.

United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services, Excluding Gasoline Stations was 0.60000 % Chg. from Preceding Period in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services, Excluding Gasoline Stations reached a record high of 19.90000 in May of 2020 and a record low of -13.70000 in April of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services, Excluding Gasoline Stations - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

Overview with Chart & Report: Retail Sales m/m reflect a change in the US retail sails in the reported month compared to the previous one. The indicator is calculated based on statistics received from 5,000 retail stores of

United States - Advance Retail Sales: Food and Beverage Stores was 85175.00000 Mil. of $ in August of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Food and Beverage Stores reached a record high of 85175.00000 in August of 2025 and a record low of 29755.00000 in March of 1992. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Food and Beverage Stores - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

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United States - Advance Retail Sales: Miscellaneous Store Retailers was 14193.00000 Mil. of $ in March of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Advance Retail Sales: Miscellaneous Store Retailers reached a record high of 16254.00000 in December of 2021 and a record low of 3642.00000 in January of 1992. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Advance Retail Sales: Miscellaneous Store Retailers - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

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