[edit] Description

The Retail Sales report is published every month. It's a measure of the consumer spending, an important indicator of the US GDP. Retail firms provide data on dollar value of their retail sales and inventories. 12000 firms in the final survey and 5000 in the advanced one.

It's been published by the US Census Bureau since 1951.

[edit] External links

• US Census Bureau Retail sales
• Retail Sales