Retail Sales in the United States increased 4.9% year-on-year in April 2026, the most since August last year, following an upwardly revised 4.2% gain in March. Retail Sales YoY in the United States averaged 4.74 percent from 1993 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 51.80 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -19.70 percent in April of 2020. source: U.S. Census Bureau
Retail Sales YoY in the United States is expected to be 2.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.80 percent in 2027 and 3.40 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.