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US retail and food-services sales

739322

millions of current USD, seasonally adjusted

Reference period: 2026-08
Date meaning: first day of reference month; not a publication date
Retrieved at (UTC): 2026-10-17T13:30:52.322Z
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U.S. Census Bureau, MRTS. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

US retail and food-services sales, category 44X72, Census Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS). Monthly sales are seasonally adjusted millions of current US dollars, not inflation-adjusted volume. Monthly reference period start is not publication time. Estimates can be revised. A rolling six-month source query selects only the latest valid observation; no historical import. Private operator API key is never exposed in public JSON or source URLs. Checked once per 24 hours; stale after 120 days from reference-month start. Public dataset metadata lists CC0: https://api.census.gov/data/timeseries/eits/mrts.json . Terms: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html .

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What this measure means

Retail and food-services sales

Coverage: United States
Kind of measure: monetary flow
Adjustment: seasonally adjusted
Index base: Not applicable

Millions of current USD; nominal sales, not inflation-adjusted growth.
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