macro_retail_sales
US Retail Sales
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Latest U.S. retail sales, seasonally adjusted, excluding motor vehicles and parts — the "ex-autos" figure most commonly cited as a consumer-spending signal.
Returns the seasonally-adjusted monthly sales total in millions of dollars, with month-over-month and year-over-year percent change computed from the Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey.
When to use: gauging consumer spending strength, a component of GDP nowcasting, retail-sector demand signal.
When NOT to use: you need category-level detail (e.g. just electronics, or just restaurants), the auto-inclusive headline total, or real-time/weekly data (this is a monthly government release).
Args: none.
Returns structuredContent:
{
"asOf": "2026-06", "salesMillions": 766192,
"momPercent": 0.9, "yoyPercent": 3.4,
"source": "https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html"
}
Input schema
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}