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Retail sales increase in February

billions of dollars 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 Feb. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Feb. 2026 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 increase in February, billions of dollars
  Current dollars Trend-cycle (current dollars) 2017 chained dollars Trend-cycle (2017 chained dollars)
February 2021 58.691 58.156 55.851 55.428
March 2021 61.692 58.511 58.777 55.626
April 2021 58.413 58.790 55.496 55.756
May 2021 57.035 59.078 53.856 55.870
June 2021 59.665 59.600 56.244 56.173
July 2021 60.203 60.084 56.495 56.422
August 2021 61.117 60.495 57.188 56.549
September 2021 60.798 60.962 56.712 56.667
October 2021 61.718 61.537 56.999 56.812
November 2021 62.372 61.922 57.108 56.701
December 2021 61.336 62.228 55.837 56.439
January 2022 62.902 62.781 56.343 56.295
February 2022 63.226 63.374 56.203 56.147
March 2022 64.010 64.052 55.933 56.095
April 2022 64.084 64.640 55.737 56.099
May 2022 65.992 65.153 56.450 56.162
June 2022 66.813 65.481 56.706 56.243
July 2022 64.912 65.460 55.614 56.236
August 2022 65.182 65.402 56.565 56.317
September 2022 64.874 65.334 56.551 56.413
October 2022 65.505 65.291 56.325 56.516
November 2022 65.322 65.253 56.334 56.636
December 2022 64.724 65.315 56.634 56.822
January 2023 66.337 65.450 57.835 57.041
February 2023 65.394 65.498 56.997 57.151
March 2023 65.152 65.550 57.046 57.242
April 2023 65.544 65.611 57.200 57.289
May 2023 65.912 65.768 57.600 57.325
June 2023 65.999 65.914 57.547 57.304
July 2023 65.934 66.024 57.082 57.265
August 2023 65.929 66.203 56.914 57.310
September 2023 66.732 66.381 57.446 57.415
October 2023 66.669 66.484 57.691 57.539
November 2023 66.441 66.595 57.633 57.696
December 2023 66.327 66.722 57.599 57.861
January 2024 67.090 66.802 58.339 57.954
February 2024 67.161 66.866 58.327 57.969
March 2024 66.655 66.890 57.772 57.897
April 2024 67.248 66.920 57.982 57.821
May 2024 66.882 67.020 57.509 57.844
June 2024 66.442 67.148 57.314 57.932
July 2024 67.787 67.428 58.388 58.174
August 2024 67.604 67.901 58.374 58.563
September 2024 68.321 68.415 59.169 58.932
October 2024 69.042 68.935 59.525 59.239
November 2024 69.070 69.484 59.145 59.517
December 2024 70.891 69.864 60.397 59.648
January 2025 70.574 70.062 59.756 59.679
February 2025 69.400 70.156 58.955 59.689
March 2025 70.270 70.170 59.798 59.687
April 2025 70.413 70.196 60.155 59.742
May 2025 69.613 70.178 59.290 59.733
June 2025 70.579 70.197 60.049 59.716
July 2025 70.135 70.256 59.492 59.687
August 2025 70.780 70.328 60.139 59.635
September 2025 70.059 70.421 59.386 59.553
October 2025 70.113 70.593 59.078 59.545
November 2025 70.985 70.798 59.607 59.595
December 2025 70.709 71.016 59.426 59.677
January 2026 71.591 71.265 60.103 59.812
February 2026 72.063 71.480 60.298 59.924
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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