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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.

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Context

The Monthly State Retail Sales (MSRS) is the Census Bureau's new experimental data product featuring modeled state-level retail sales. This is a blended data product using Monthly Retail Trade Survey data, administrative data, and third-party data. Year-over-year percentage changes are available for Total Retail Sales excluding Non-store Retailers as well as 11 retail North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) retail subsectors. These data are provided by state and NAICS codes beginning with January 2019.

Content

Geography: US

Time period: 2019 - 2022

Unit of analysis: US Census Bureau's Monthly State Retail Sales Data

Variables

Variable	Description
fips	2-digit State Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code. For more information on FIPS Codes, please reference this document. Note: The US is assigned a "00" State FIPS code.
state_abbr	States are assigned 2-character official U.S. Postal Service Code. The United States is assigned "USA" as its state_abbr value. For more information, please reference this document.
naics	Three-digit numeric NAICS value for retail subsector code.
subsector	Retail subsector.
year	Year.
month	Month.
change_yoy	Numeric year-over-year percent change in retail sales value.
change_yoy_se	Numeric standard error for year-over-year percentage change in retail sales value.
coverage_code	Character values assigned based on the non-imputed coverage of the data.

Variable	Description
coverage_code	Character values assigned based on the non-imputed coverage of the data.
coverage	Definition of the codes.

Acknowledgements

Datasource: United States Census Bureau's Monthly State Retail Sales

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Key information about United States Retail Sales Growth

• United States Retail Sales grew 4.1 % YoY in Sep 2025, compared with a 4.9 % increase in the previous month.
• US Retail Sales Growth YoY data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1993 to Sep 2025, with an average growth rate of -8.8 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 42.0 % in Apr 2021 and a record low of -15.8 % in Apr 2020.
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