Real Retail Sales · Inflation-Adjusted ShoppingSTRONG

Are consumers buying more goods?

Shoppers are purchasing solid volume.
And retail volume is speeding up.
0% BREAK-EVEN
2.5%

Real retail up 2.5% YoY — consumers taking home more goods.

Higher than 56% of all readings since 1993.

FRED / Shiller · as of Oct 2026 · computed
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