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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

Acknowledgements

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

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Data Overview

• Scale: All sales figures are reported in millions of dollars.
• Size: The dataset contains 40,479 rows and 5 columns.
• Time Frame: January 1992 - September 2024.
• Industries Covered: Over 60 industries, including food, clothing, footwear, office supplies, automobiles, electronics, books, beverages, furniture, grocery and many more.
• Attributes:
  • naics_code
  • kind_of_business
  • sales_month
  • sales
  • estimate_type
• Source: This dataset was sourced from the publicly available U.S. Census Bureau retail sales data.

Cleaning & Preprocessing

• Missing Values:
  Some entries contained (NA) and (S) values, which were converted to null values.
  • (S): Estimate does not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability (coefficient of variation greater than 30%) or poor response quality (low total quantity response rate).
• Formatting:
  The downloaded data included headings, subheadings, and notes embedded within the tables. These extraneous elements were removed to ensure a clean and consistent dataset.
• Data Compilation:
  The original dataset was spread across multiple sheets, with each sheet containing data for a specific year. These sheets were consolidated into a single, unified table.
• Feature Engineering:
  A new column was created to provide both seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted sales values, enabling more nuanced analysis. Estimates are adjusted for seasonal variations, as well as holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes.

Use Cases

This dataset can be applied to a variety of analytical and machine learning tasks, including:

• Data Cleaning: Practice handling missing values, stray entries, and working with datetime data.
• Time Series Analysis: Perform trend analysis, seasonality detection, and forecasting.
• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Gain insights into industry-specific trends and patterns.
• Machine Learning: Use it for predictive modeling and classification tasks.
• Market Research: Analyze industry performance to inform business strategies.

Graph and download economic data for Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services (MARTSMPCSM44X72USS) from Feb 1992 to Aug 2025 about retail trade, food, percent, sales, retail, services, and USA.

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