Retail sales after inflation (year on year)
Now 2.48 % (Sep 1, 2026), before 2.13 %, a year ago 0.65 %.
How to read it
Store sales at 1982–84 prices, so rising prices are taken out: when this figure rises, people really buy more. One of the growth measures on the Economy page.
Source: FRED · monthly, mid-month