NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Advance Retail Sales: General Merchandise Stores Series ID: RSGMSN Source: U.S. Census Bureau Release: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Millions of Dollars Date Range: 1992-01-01 to 2024-04-01 Last Updated: 2024-05-15 7:35 AM CDT Notes: 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 The advance estimate will be superseded in following months by revised estimates derived from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey.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/MRTSSM452USN 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 DATE VALUE 1992-01-01 14996 1992-02-01 16015 1992-03-01 17984 1992-04-01 18872 1992-05-01 20037 1992-06-01 18812 1992-07-01 18575 1992-08-01 20518 1992-09-01 18700 1992-10-01 20970 1992-11-01 25024 1992-12-01 37373 1993-01-01 16097 1993-02-01 16319 1993-03-01 19066 1993-04-01 20271 1993-05-01 21562 1993-06-01 20562 1993-07-01 20679 1993-08-01 21834 1993-09-01 20631 1993-10-01 22628 1993-11-01 26702 1993-12-01 39645 1994-01-01 17084 1994-02-01 17665 1994-03-01 21680 1994-04-01 21420 1994-05-01 22421 1994-06-01 22639 1994-07-01 21852 1994-08-01 23503 1994-09-01 22083 1994-10-01 24098 1994-11-01 28624 1994-12-01 42121 1995-01-01 18537 1995-02-01 18598 1995-03-01 22516 1995-04-01 23023 1995-05-01 24133 1995-06-01 24241 1995-07-01 23517 1995-08-01 24916 1995-09-01 23499 1995-10-01 24447 1995-11-01 30216 1995-12-01 42855 1996-01-01 18968 1996-02-01 20786 1996-03-01 23572 1996-04-01 23755 1996-05-01 26154 1996-06-01 25149 1996-07-01 24073 1996-08-01 26711 1996-09-01 24163 1996-10-01 26366 1996-11-01 31144 1996-12-01 44464 1997-01-01 21164 1997-02-01 21560 1997-03-01 25681 1997-04-01 24490 1997-05-01 27443 1997-06-01 26328 1997-07-01 25897 1997-08-01 28066 1997-09-01 24928 1997-10-01 27906 1997-11-01 32529 1997-12-01 45371 1998-01-01 22487 1998-02-01 23020 1998-03-01 26112 1998-04-01 27434 1998-05-01 29179 1998-06-01 27795 1998-07-01 27392 1998-08-01 29007 1998-09-01 26687 1998-10-01 29357 1998-11-01 34377 1998-12-01 48234 1999-01-01 24585 1999-02-01 25109 1999-03-01 29278 1999-04-01 28895 1999-05-01 31201 1999-06-01 30329 1999-07-01 29811 1999-08-01 30955 1999-09-01 29382 1999-10-01 31357 1999-11-01 36231 1999-12-01 53046 2000-01-01 25958 2000-02-01 27165 2000-03-01 31168 2000-04-01 31170 2000-05-01 32968 2000-06-01 32516 2000-07-01 31535 2000-08-01 33283 2000-09-01 31125 2000-10-01 32672 2000-11-01 39623 2000-12-01 55045 2001-01-01 28627 2001-02-01 28502 2001-03-01 32261 2001-04-01 33370 2001-05-01 34991 2001-06-01 34201 2001-07-01 33188 2001-08-01 35971 2001-09-01 32360 2001-10-01 34581 2001-11-01 42010 2001-12-01 57406 2002-01-01 30066 2002-02-01 30877 2002-03-01 35941 2002-04-01 34282 2002-05-01 37336 2002-06-01 36269 2002-07-01 34750 2002-08-01 37482 2002-09-01 33120 2002-10-01 36322 2002-11-01 42500 2002-12-01 57575 2003-01-01 31549 2003-02-01 32246 2003-03-01 36251 2003-04-01 36040 2003-05-01 38849 2003-06-01 37301 2003-07-01 37214 2003-08-01 40211 2003-09-01 35284 2003-10-01 38677 2003-11-01 44743 2003-12-01 60406 2004-01-01 34374 2004-02-01 35920 2004-03-01 38278 2004-04-01 38899 2004-05-01 41341 2004-06-01 38949 2004-07-01 39651 2004-08-01 40239 2004-09-01 37587 2004-10-01 41192 2004-11-01 46366 2004-12-01 64586 2005-01-01 36247 2005-02-01 37137 2005-03-01 41217 2005-04-01 41008 2005-05-01 42932 2005-06-01 42933 2005-07-01 42335 2005-08-01 43077 2005-09-01 40281 2005-10-01 44135 2005-11-01 49757 2005-12-01 67326 2006-01-01 38667 2006-02-01 39537 2006-03-01 43272 2006-04-01 44249 2006-05-01 45394 2006-06-01 44758 2006-07-01 43941 2006-08-01 45185 2006-09-01 42594 2006-10-01 44707 2006-11-01 51829 2006-12-01 70123 2007-01-01 40930 2007-02-01 40959 2007-03-01 46408 2007-04-01 45014 2007-05-01 47879 2007-06-01 47122 2007-07-01 45847 2007-08-01 48371 2007-09-01 43958 2007-10-01 46285 2007-11-01 54310 2007-12-01 71499 2008-01-01 42183 2008-02-01 44263 2008-03-01 47998 2008-04-01 45611 2008-05-01 51467 2008-06-01 49318 2008-07-01 48330 2008-08-01 50320 2008-09-01 44101 2008-10-01 47601 2008-11-01 54571 2008-12-01 69278 2009-01-01 43461 2009-02-01 43283 2009-03-01 46336 2009-04-01 46602 2009-05-01 50065 2009-06-01 47088 2009-07-01 47096 2009-08-01 48826 2009-09-01 44201 2009-10-01 48508 2009-11-01 53487 2009-12-01 69965 2010-01-01 43853 2010-02-01 44756 2010-03-01 48642 2010-04-01 47749 2010-05-01 50474 2010-06-01 48289 2010-07-01 48616 2010-08-01 49312 2010-09-01 45676 2010-10-01 49036 2010-11-01 55587 2010-12-01 71767 2011-01-01 44322 2011-02-01 45804 2011-03-01 49675 2011-04-01 50480 2011-05-01 51435 2011-06-01 50906 2011-07-01 50660 2011-08-01 51266 2011-09-01 48238 2011-10-01 50877 2011-11-01 57197 2011-12-01 73906 2012-01-01 45643 2012-02-01 49639 2012-03-01 53115 2012-04-01 50602 2012-05-01 53095 2012-06-01 52280 2012-07-01 50734 2012-08-01 53680 2012-09-01 49325 2012-10-01 51395 2012-11-01 59008 2012-12-01 73797 2013-01-01 46649 2013-02-01 48548 2013-03-01 54713 2013-04-01 50126 2013-05-01 54974 2013-06-01 53386 2013-07-01 52101 2013-08-01 55391 2013-09-01 50066 2013-10-01 53107 2013-11-01 60588 2013-12-01 74039 2014-01-01 47537 2014-02-01 49109 2014-03-01 54236 2014-04-01 53068 2014-05-01 57218 2014-06-01 54194 2014-07-01 53985 2014-08-01 57426 2014-09-01 51008 2014-10-01 55013 2014-11-01 62278 2014-12-01 75777 2015-01-01 49857 2015-02-01 49477 2015-03-01 55123 2015-04-01 52864 2015-05-01 57964 2015-06-01 54677 2015-07-01 55424 2015-08-01 57333 2015-09-01 52221 2015-10-01 56285 2015-11-01 62265 2015-12-01 77009 2016-01-01 49686 2016-02-01 51642 2016-03-01 56418 2016-04-01 53875 2016-05-01 56727 2016-06-01 55745 2016-07-01 56042 2016-08-01 56640 2016-09-01 52195 2016-10-01 55862 2016-11-01 61692 2016-12-01 76678 2017-01-01 49990 2017-02-01 49639 2017-03-01 55815 2017-04-01 55682 2017-05-01 56619 2017-06-01 56740 2017-07-01 56375 2017-08-01 57859 2017-09-01 54454 2017-10-01 56383 2017-11-01 63725 2017-12-01 78610 2018-01-01 50622 2018-02-01 50805 2018-03-01 59005 2018-04-01 53844 2018-05-01 60405 2018-06-01 58166 2018-07-01 57537 2018-08-01 59972 2018-09-01 54761 2018-10-01 57746 2018-11-01 65865 2018-12-01 77925 2019-01-01 52032 2019-02-01 50635 2019-03-01 58590 2019-04-01 56983 2019-05-01 60925 2019-06-01 59002 2019-07-01 58881 2019-08-01 61912 2019-09-01 54525 2019-10-01 58848 2019-11-01 65988 2019-12-01 77203 2020-01-01 53647 2020-02-01 54601 2020-03-01 60168 2020-04-01 54272 2020-05-01 63755 2020-06-01 60383 2020-07-01 61108 2020-08-01 61371 2020-09-01 57333 2020-10-01 61947 2020-11-01 64678 2020-12-01 75432 2021-01-01 58902 2021-02-01 53233 2021-03-01 64659 2021-04-01 64639 2021-05-01 69136 2021-06-01 65126 2021-07-01 66820 2021-08-01 67519 2021-09-01 62503 2021-10-01 68895 2021-11-01 71738 2021-12-01 84316 2022-01-01 61641 2022-02-01 59807 2022-03-01 66929 2022-04-01 70353 2022-05-01 73854 2022-06-01 72193 2022-07-01 72568 2022-08-01 73356 2022-09-01 69259 2022-10-01 73940 2022-11-01 77325 2022-12-01 90908 2023-01-01 66326 2023-02-01 64211 2023-03-01 69256 2023-04-01 71953 2023-05-01 74795 2023-06-01 73294 2023-07-01 73787 2023-08-01 75414 2023-09-01 70746 2023-10-01 73832 2023-11-01 77921 2023-12-01 92667 2024-01-01 66153 2024-02-01 67287 2024-03-01 75807 2024-04-01 71447