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Advance Retail Sales: Retail (Excluding Food Services) (RSXFS)

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Sep 2018: 448,466  
Updated: Oct 15, 2018

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Seasonally Adjusted

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(a) Advance Retail Sales: Retail (Excluding Food Services), Millions of Dollars, Seasonally Adjusted (RSXFS)
E-commerce sales are included in the total monthly sales estimates.

The value for the most recent month is an advance estimate that is based on data from a subsample of firms from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The advance estimate will be superseded in following months by revised estimates derived from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The associated series from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MRTSSM44000USS

Information about the Advance Monthly Retail Sales Survey can be found on the Census website at https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/about_the_surveys.html

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(a) Advance Retail Sales: Retail (Excluding Food Services), Millions of Dollars, Seasonally Adjusted (RSXFS)
E-commerce sales are included in the total monthly sales estimates.

The value for the most recent month is an advance estimate that is based on data from a subsample of firms from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The advance estimate will be superseded in following months by revised estimates derived from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The associated series from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MRTSSM44000USS

Information about the Advance Monthly Retail Sales Survey can be found on the Census website at https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/about_the_surveys.html

Advance Retail Sales: Retail (Excluding Food Services)

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NOTES
Title Release Dates
Advance Retail Sales: Retail (Excluding Food Services) 2001-06-13 2018-10-15
 
Source    
U.S. Bureau of the Census 2001-06-13 2018-10-15
 
Release    
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services 2001-06-13 2018-10-15
 
Units    
Millions of Dollars 2001-06-13 2018-10-15
 
Frequency    
Monthly 2001-06-13 2018-10-15
 
Seasonal Adjustment    
Seasonally Adjusted 2001-06-13 2018-10-15
 
Notes    
E-commerce sales are included in the total monthly sales estimates.

The value for the most recent month is an advance estimate that is based on data from a subsample of firms from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The advance estimate will be superseded in following months by revised estimates derived from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The associated series from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MRTSSM44000USS

Information about the Advance Monthly Retail Sales Survey can be found on the Census website at https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/about_the_surveys.html

2001-06-13 2018-10-15
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