RETAIL SALES
An aggregated measure of the sales of retail goods over a stated time period, typically based on a data sampling that is extrapolated to model an entire country. In the U.S., the retail sales report is a monthly economic indicator compiled and released by the Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce. The report covers the previous month, and is released about two weeks after the month-end. Comparisons are made against historical data; year-over-year comparisons are the most-reported metric because they account for the seasonality of consumer-based retail.
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03:30 | NAB Business Confidence | Apr | |
05:00 | Expected Annual Inflation 2y from now | 2 quarter | |
09:00 | SECO Consumer Confidence | Apr | |
14:30 | Building Permits | Mar | |
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00:45 | Visitor Arrivals | Mar | |
01:50 | Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index | Apr | |
08:00 | Claimant Count Change | Apr | |
08:00 | Average Earnings Index | Mar |