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Retail sales increase in May

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billions of dollars 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 May 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 May 2022 Current dollarsCurrent dollars Trend-cycle (current dollars)Trend-cycle (current dollars) 2012 chained dollars2012 chained dollars Trend-cycle (2012 chained dollars)Trend-cycle (2012 chained dollars)
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.
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 2017 48.892 48.806 47.304 47.153
June 2017 48.932 48.944 47.468 47.298
July 2017 49.015 49.073 47.416 47.344
August 2017 49.072 49.303 47.232 47.407
September 2017 49.009 49.520 46.829 47.411
October 2017 50.410 49.736 48.217 47.415
November 2017 50.053 49.866 47.340 47.334
December 2017 50.078 49.953 47.197 47.264
January 2018 50.061 50.008 47.293 47.222
February 2018 49.797 50.070 46.933 47.229
March 2018 49.781 50.185 47.023 47.302
April 2018 49.973 50.358 47.023 47.427
May 2018 51.327 50.645 48.388 47.663
June 2018 51.112 50.856 48.047 47.801
July 2018 50.770 51.008 47.678 47.894
August 2018 51.034 51.092 47.798 47.954
September 2018 51.231 51.072 48.073 47.960
October 2018 51.406 50.982 48.092 47.923
November 2018 50.545 50.832 47.655 47.837
December 2018 50.862 50.781 48.011 47.791
January 2019 50.435 50.778 47.756 47.732
February 2019 50.489 50.871 47.386 47.682
March 2019 51.132 51.056 47.647 47.682
April 2019 51.429 51.302 47.681 47.751
May 2019 51.851 51.513 47.904 47.825
June 2019 51.506 51.580 47.868 47.826
July 2019 51.782 51.629 48.002 47.848
August 2019 51.713 51.595 48.001 47.817
September 2019 51.642 51.710 47.860 47.872
October 2019 50.949 52.050 47.143 48.137
November 2019 51.271 51.796 47.372 47.869
December 2019 52.345 50.886 48.392 47.031
January 2020 51.931 49.661 47.809 45.966
February 2020 52.137 48.032 47.903 44.566
March 2020 46.060 46.461 43.233 43.249
April 2020 35.196 45.819 33.308 42.741
May 2020 43.643 46.698 40.954 43.556
June 2020 53.419 48.738 49.551 45.360
July 2020 53.426 51.097 49.394 47.429
August 2020 53.255 52.892 49.266 48.963
September 2020 54.870 54.226 50.710 50.064
October 2020 55.517 54.990 51.172 50.678
November 2020 55.562 54.838 51.141 50.472
December 2020 53.315 54.592 48.922 50.176
January 2021 52.260 54.825 48.010 50.311
February 2021 55.787 55.220 51.050 50.571
March 2021 58.523 55.621 53.618 50.811
April 2021 55.624 55.914 50.709 50.915
May 2021 54.540 56.163 49.430 50.945
June 2021 56.792 56.570 51.280 51.081
July 2021 56.785 56.877 51.031 51.103
August 2021 57.699 57.145 51.557 51.068
September 2021 57.201 57.532 50.902 51.116
October 2021 58.219 58.064 51.428 51.266
November 2021 58.751 58.487 51.510 51.311
December 2021 57.920 58.998 50.470 51.338
January 2022 59.987 59.570 51.924 51.446
February 2022 60.183 60.051 51.677 51.532
March 2022 60.436 60.547 51.385 51.645
April 2022 60.881 60.898 51.787 51.701
May 2022 62.248 61.289 52.008 51.801
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.
Source(s):
Tables 20-10-0008-01 and 20-10-0078-01.
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