The retail sales report in the United States provides an aggregated assessment of retail goods and services sales over the course of a month. The most dominant types of retailers are: motor vehicle & parts dealers (approximately 20% of total sales), food & beverage stores (13% of total sales), general merchandise stores (12.5%), food services & drinking establishments (11%), gas stations (10%), non-store retailers (9.2% of total sales), building material & garden dealers (6% of total sales), health and personal care stores (6% of total sales), other store retailers (2.3%), furniture stores (2%), electronics & appliances stores (2%), and sporting merchandise, hobby, book & music stores (1.7%).
A higher than expected figure should be seen as positive (bullish) for the USD while a lower than expected figure should be seen as negative (bearish) for the USD.
Source:
U.S. Census Bureau
Category:
Retail Sales MoM
Units:
Percent
Details
Impact
High
Country
Currency
USD
Latest Release
Previous
-1.8%
Consensus
-0.8%
Actual
0.7%
Next Release
Date
Oct 15, 09:30
Time left
24 days
Forex Sentiment (USD)
| Symbol | Community Trend (Shorts vs Longs) | Symbol Popularity | Avg. Short Price / Distance From Price | Avg. Long Price / Distance From Price | Current Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EURUSD |
|
|
1.1597 -140 pips |
1.1815 -78 pips |
1.17372 | |
| GBPUSD |
|
|
1.3487 -183 pips |
1.3757 -87 pips |
1.36699 | |
| USDJPY |
|
|
107.5208 -198 pips |
109.8969 -40 pips |
109.5 | |
| USDCAD |
|
|
1.2689 -93 pips |
1.3018 -236 pips |
1.27816 | |
| AUDUSD |
|
|
0.7112 -156 pips |
0.7351 -83 pips |
0.72678 | |
| NZDUSD |
|
|
0.6868 -150 pips |
0.7076 -58 pips |
0.70185 | |
| USDCHF |
|
|
0.9205 -62 pips |
0.9358 -91 pips |
0.92674 | |
| USDCZK |
|
|
0 -216968 pips |
21.4848 +2120 pips |
21.69682 | |
| USDHUF |
|
|
296.4418 -500 pips |
299.3194 +213 pips |
301.445 | |
| USDMXN |
|
|
19.9830 -1110 pips |
20.5445 -4505 pips |
20.09397 |
