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Retail sales decrease in February

billions of dollars 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Feb. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Feb. 2023 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)
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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 February, billions of dollars
  Current dollars Trend-cycle (current dollars) 2012 chained dollars Trend-cycle (2012 chained dollars)
February 2018 52.035 52.256 49.066 49.333
March 2018 51.947 52.361 49.118 49.413
April 2018 52.102 52.532 49.115 49.555
May 2018 53.447 52.836 50.508 49.823
June 2018 53.288 53.078 50.233 50.001
July 2018 53.096 53.284 49.985 50.147
August 2018 53.376 53.424 50.089 50.253
September 2018 53.635 53.458 50.410 50.300
October 2018 53.859 53.416 50.491 50.296
November 2018 52.976 53.301 50.036 50.231
December 2018 53.387 53.264 50.466 50.186
January 2019 52.908 53.249 50.106 50.109
February 2019 52.997 53.322 49.776 50.043
March 2019 53.628 53.476 50.026 50.024
April 2019 53.786 53.699 49.982 50.090
May 2019 54.093 53.912 50.131 50.185
June 2019 53.802 54.008 50.196 50.229
July 2019 54.382 54.133 50.588 50.327
August 2019 54.350 54.185 50.582 50.368
September 2019 54.363 54.385 50.496 50.484
October 2019 53.625 54.808 49.753 50.800
November 2019 54.040 54.611 50.047 50.558
December 2019 55.350 53.705 51.249 49.700
January 2020 54.767 52.424 50.410 48.574
February 2020 54.884 50.714 50.446 47.113
March 2020 48.747 49.050 45.805 45.739
April 2020 37.510 48.344 35.612 45.208
May 2020 45.879 49.217 43.207 46.050
June 2020 55.865 51.313 52.054 47.930
July 2020 56.327 53.801 52.302 50.129
August 2020 56.163 55.726 52.105 51.772
September 2020 57.934 57.178 53.689 52.960
October 2020 58.443 58.038 54.042 53.635
November 2020 58.637 57.953 54.141 53.456
December 2020 56.578 57.713 52.033 53.132
January 2021 55.355 57.892 50.838 53.191
February 2021 58.905 58.215 53.909 53.384
March 2021 61.538 58.527 56.432 53.558
April 2021 58.407 58.760 53.401 53.633
May 2021 56.949 58.997 51.783 53.680
June 2021 59.438 59.476 53.926 53.901
July 2021 60.102 59.955 54.280 54.080
August 2021 61.087 60.393 54.750 54.168
September 2021 60.682 60.925 54.167 54.305
October 2021 61.619 61.569 54.605 54.522
November 2021 62.351 62.034 54.836 54.565
December 2021 61.775 62.417 53.942 54.522
January 2022 63.237 62.956 54.700 54.595
February 2022 63.589 63.491 54.898 54.666
March 2022 63.758 64.064 54.574 54.773
April 2022 64.027 64.538 54.541 54.853
May 2022 65.719 64.953 55.358 54.934
June 2022 66.309 65.219 55.404 54.967
July 2022 64.825 65.225 54.481 54.884
August 2022 65.011 65.223 54.922 54.857
September 2022 64.709 65.276 54.802 54.896
October 2022 65.523 65.379 54.846 54.962
November 2022 65.407 65.491 54.737 55.058
December 2022 65.432 65.701 55.095 55.233
January 2023 66.503 65.945 56.065 55.428
February 2023 66.339 66.122 55.659 55.559
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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