Retail sales

Retail sales figures for the United States, covering the month of December will be coming up today. The data released by the Commerce Department will show how much Americans spent at retail stores over the holiday month. In November,… Read More

Early Friday we have an avalanche of data from China, all of which is potentially market-moving. Some of it can have far-reaching effects for markets all over the world. Even though it's coming out in the relatively quieter Asian session,… Read More

The US Dollar was knocked lower again this week as a further bout of data weakness has put a fresh focus on a potential rate cut at the upcoming October FOMC. September's retail sales were heavily disappointing. The headline figure printed… Read More

The monthly US retail sales report is due to come out today. Data from the Commerce Department is forecast to show that retail sales will rise by 0.3% on both the headline and the core. In August, headline retail sales rose 0.4% while… Read More

It's been really busy for Europe on the economic calendar for the last couple of days. And the data barrage has at least one more day to go! Tomorrow we get the important retail sales data after the final PMI composite data. The… Read More

The monthly retail sales report, a barometer of consumer spending, is due to be released today. Forecasts Economists forecast that retail sales will moderate, after rising strongly in July. Retail sales are forecast to rise by 0.3% on the… Read More

Australia is having a pretty busy week. The RBA cut rates earlier this morning, and attention now turns to two major data points: trade balance and retail sales. These releases have a habit of changing the course of the AUDUSD. It might… Read More

The US retail sales report due today will mark the end of a busy week ahead of the Fed meeting next week. Economists forecast that retail sales will bounce back following the decline in April. Headline retail sales are forecast to rise… Read More

We are expecting some volatility in the NZD tonight thanks to the release of the first major economic data for the week. Unlike other countries, New Zealand only reports its retail sales data once every quarter. Therefore, the data tends… Read More

The monthly retail sales report will be released today. The official data from the US Census Bureau is forecast to show that consumer spending in retail could slow in April. This comes after retail sales rose the most in two years in… Read More