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Retail sales increase in May

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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 three previous months. For more information, see the note to readers.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0008-01 and 20-10-0078-01.

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Retail sales increase in May, billions of dollars
  Current dollars Trend-cycle (current dollars) 2012 chained dollars Trend-cycle (2012 chained dollars)
May 2015 43.156 43.279 42.465 42.609
June 2015 43.739 43.592 42.727 42.773
July 2015 43.989 43.874 42.892 42.963
August 2015 44.237 44.043 43.237 43.106
September 2015 44.205 44.232 43.535 43.300
October 2015 44.099 44.415 43.260 43.487
November 2015 44.691 44.616 43.635 43.693
December 2015 44.641 44.813 43.575 43.892
January 2016 45.153 45.008 44.216 44.063
February 2016 45.576 45.162 44.837 44.164
March 2016 45.053 45.250 44.081 44.169
April 2016 45.456 45.312 44.211 44.140
May 2016 45.130 45.355 43.785 44.088
June 2016 45.529 45.456 43.945 44.119
July 2016 45.401 45.562 44.124 44.198
August 2016 45.693 45.814 44.347 44.415
September 2016 46.176 46.162 44.820 44.729
October 2016 46.493 46.535 44.960 45.050
November 2016 46.775 46.995 45.438 45.427
December 2016 47.277 47.450 45.627 45.781
January 2017 48.656 47.880 46.555 46.132
February 2017 48.104 48.207 46.268 46.438
March 2017 48.233 48.461 46.623 46.720
April 2017 48.943 48.609 47.079 46.905
May 2017 48.749 48.745 47.167 47.076
June 2017 48.775 48.871 47.286 47.208
July 2017 48.957 49.000 47.330 47.261
August 2017 49.019 49.238 47.176 47.342
September 2017 48.993 49.466 46.831 47.374
October 2017 50.447 49.702 48.287 47.410
November 2017 50.031 49.852 47.361 47.351
December 2017 49.921 49.947 47.076 47.289
January 2018 50.000 50.003 47.280 47.240
February 2018 49.906 50.062 47.090 47.228
March 2018 49.988 50.146 47.145 47.252
April 2018 49.905 50.259 46.901 47.308
May 2018 50.938 50.490 48.032 47.485
June 2018 50.793 50.682 47.700 47.607
July 2018 50.655 50.838 47.524 47.712
August 2018 50.873 50.929 47.631 47.791
September 2018 51.139 50.927 48.012 47.840
October 2018 51.382 50.878 48.107 47.857
November 2018 50.587 50.768 47.750 47.814
December 2018 50.527 50.720 47.728 47.775
January 2019 50.195 50.725 47.591 47.715
February 2019 50.627 50.818 47.601 47.648
March 2019 51.538 50.959 47.935 47.583
April 2019 51.212 51.110 47.410 47.550
May 2019 51.204 51.228 47.327 47.530
June 2019 51.029 51.266 47.383 47.504
July 2019 51.488 51.304 47.671 47.520
August 2019 51.376 51.276 47.664 47.505
September 2019 51.497 51.422 47.753 47.610
October 2019 50.800 51.835 47.024 47.943
November 2019 51.333 51.707 47.450 47.783
December 2019 51.681 50.875 47.771 47.014
January 2020 51.891 49.745 47.743 46.017
February 2020 52.262 48.030 48.013 44.520
March 2020 46.950 45.953 43.876 42.740
April 2020 35.219 43.785 33.320 40.877
May 2020 41.791 42.042 39.262 39.391
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 three previous months. For more information, see the note to readers.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0008-01 and 20-10-0078-01.
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