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Retail sales decrease in October

billions of dollars 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 Oct. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Oct. 2025 Current dollarsCurrent dollars Trend-cycle (current dollars)Trend-cycle (current dollars) 2017 chained dollars2017 chained dollars Trend-cycle (2017 chained dollars)Trend-cycle (2017 chained dollars)
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The higher variability associated with the trend-cycle estimates is indicated with a dotted line on the chart for the current reference month and the previous three months. For more information, see the Note to readers.
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Retail sales decrease in October, billions of dollars
  Current dollars Trend-cycle (current dollars) 2017 chained dollars Trend-cycle (2017 chained dollars)
October 2020 58.530 58.026 56.392 55.870
November 2020 58.736 57.925 56.407 55.642
December 2020 56.373 57.653 53.972 55.237
January 2021 55.154 57.834 52.641 55.262
February 2021 58.779 58.180 55.925 55.445
March 2021 61.769 58.524 58.834 55.634
April 2021 58.398 58.792 55.459 55.757
May 2021 56.947 59.061 53.792 55.858
June 2021 59.653 59.576 56.245 56.155
July 2021 60.146 60.061 56.470 56.405
August 2021 61.110 60.470 57.184 56.526
September 2021 60.843 60.947 56.731 56.650
October 2021 61.645 61.539 56.918 56.805
November 2021 62.429 61.943 57.142 56.707
December 2021 61.334 62.260 55.829 56.454
January 2022 62.883 62.825 56.326 56.319
February 2022 63.403 63.421 56.343 56.176
March 2022 64.105 64.087 55.993 56.117
April 2022 64.090 64.658 55.713 56.111
May 2022 65.844 65.139 56.342 56.153
June 2022 66.821 65.458 56.727 56.229
July 2022 64.895 65.431 55.636 56.218
August 2022 65.164 65.360 56.550 56.283
September 2022 64.851 65.297 56.507 56.378
October 2022 65.401 65.272 56.223 56.494
November 2022 65.413 65.265 56.390 56.638
December 2022 64.679 65.348 56.598 56.842
January 2023 66.269 65.509 57.787 57.084
February 2023 65.669 65.576 57.226 57.214
March 2023 65.348 65.622 57.205 57.304
April 2023 65.631 65.655 57.253 57.331
May 2023 65.660 65.756 57.405 57.323
June 2023 65.996 65.877 57.564 57.283
July 2023 65.887 65.991 57.085 57.246
August 2023 65.934 66.162 56.918 57.279
September 2023 66.582 66.302 57.289 57.345
October 2023 66.510 66.360 57.545 57.425
November 2023 66.558 66.391 57.705 57.509
December 2023 66.325 66.372 57.608 57.549
January 2024 66.085 66.307 57.479 57.518
February 2024 66.244 66.260 57.521 57.445
March 2024 66.158 66.226 57.336 57.333
April 2024 66.779 66.242 57.569 57.255
May 2024 65.963 66.306 56.770 57.259
June 2024 65.893 66.440 56.896 57.354
July 2024 66.888 66.721 57.682 57.595
August 2024 67.100 67.142 57.952 57.933
September 2024 67.513 67.603 58.457 58.250
October 2024 68.041 68.115 58.669 58.545
November 2024 68.299 68.679 58.465 58.836
December 2024 70.027 69.109 59.697 59.018
January 2025 69.652 69.398 59.012 59.127
February 2025 69.189 69.587 58.798 59.225
March 2025 69.797 69.677 59.394 59.289
April 2025 70.015 69.751 59.840 59.379
May 2025 69.158 69.743 58.917 59.358
June 2025 70.139 69.744 59.663 59.322
July 2025 69.532 69.767 59.086 59.286
August 2025 70.221 69.782 59.590 59.224
September 2025 69.603 69.714 58.997 59.095
October 2025 69.435 69.685 58.620 58.998
Note(s):
The higher variability associated with the trend-cycle estimates is indicated with a dotted line on the chart for the current reference month and the previous three months. For more information, see the Note to readers.
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