Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Chicago Fed Advance Retail Trade Summary Weekly Index of Retail Trade (DISCONTINUED)

Title Chicago Fed Advance Retail Trade Summary Weekly Index of Retail Trade (DISCONTINUED)
Series ID CARTSI
Source Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Release Chicago Fed Advance Retail Trade Summary
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Weekly
Units Millions of Dollars
Date Range 2018-01-07 to 2022-03-28
Last Updated 2022-04-11 9:06 AM CDT
Notes As described in Introducing CARTS: A New Index Tracking National Retail Spending, The Chicago Fed Advance Retail Trade Summary (CARTS) refers to a weekly index of national retail spending that tracks the U.S. Census Bureau's Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) using a mixed-frequency dynamic factor model to combine high-frequency time series from five private companies (Consumer Edge, Facteus, Morning Consult, SafeGraph, and Womply), as well as two federal agencies (the U.S. Energy Information Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau).

The first release of the month covers the entirety of the previous month (final release), and the second release covers the first half of the current month (preliminary release). All weekly data are adjusted such that each month has four weeks, running from the 1st through 7th, 8th through 14th, 15th through 21st, and 22nd through the final day of the month. Additional information is available online.

The CARTS weekly index series measures retail trade in millions of dollars.

For technical details, see:

Brave, Scott A., Michael Fogarty, Daniel Aaronson, Ezra Karger, and Spencer Krane, 2021, Tracking U.S. consumers in real time with a new weekly index of retail trade, Working Paper 2021-05, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.21033/wp-2021-052
DATE VALUE
2018-01-07 390334
2018-01-14 391008
2018-01-21 391683
2018-01-28 391826
2018-02-04 .
2018-02-07 391493
2018-02-14 390886
2018-02-21 394618
2018-02-28 398770
2018-03-07 396744
2018-03-14 392598
2018-03-21 391782
2018-03-28 391852
2018-04-07 394111
2018-04-14 393361
2018-04-21 394133
2018-04-28 396643
2018-05-02 .
2018-05-07 398687
2018-05-14 400927
2018-05-21 399520
2018-05-28 400229
2018-06-07 398621
2018-06-14 399512
2018-06-21 399250
2018-06-28 398770
2018-07-07 401976
2018-07-14 403531
2018-07-21 402239
2018-07-28 399370
2018-07-30 .
2018-08-07 399941
2018-08-14 401763
2018-08-21 402656
2018-08-28 404456
2018-09-07 402797
2018-09-14 399969
2018-09-21 398776
2018-09-28 402250
2018-10-07 406237
2018-10-14 405634
2018-10-21 405611
2018-10-28 407042
2018-10-30 .
2018-11-07 407728
2018-11-14 407705
2018-11-21 407661
2018-11-28 402015
2018-12-07 393968
2018-12-14 392157
2018-12-21 395013
2018-12-28 398150
2019-01-02 .
2019-01-07 401610
2019-01-14 404775
2019-01-21 405103
2019-01-28 400988
2019-02-07 400580
2019-02-14 401675
2019-02-21 402940
2019-02-28 403901
2019-03-07 406952
2019-03-14 405256
2019-03-21 404920
2019-03-28 411191
2019-04-07 411407
2019-04-14 410545
2019-04-21 410883
2019-04-28 407714
2019-04-29 .
2019-05-07 407281
2019-05-14 410030
2019-05-21 412793
2019-05-28 414899
2019-06-07 415872
2019-06-14 411688
2019-06-21 411004
2019-06-28 413257
2019-07-07 413405
2019-07-14 415873
2019-07-21 416654
2019-07-28 417136
2019-07-30 .
2019-08-07 417882
2019-08-14 416915
2019-08-21 413980
2019-08-28 416155
2019-09-07 411257
2019-09-14 413008
2019-09-21 417614
2019-09-28 417693
2019-10-02 .
2019-10-07 416490
2019-10-14 418310
2019-10-21 417129
2019-10-28 416139
2019-11-07 416273
2019-11-14 414786
2019-11-21 413952
2019-11-28 419889
2019-12-07 422118
2019-12-14 418378
2019-12-21 417350
2019-12-28 418309
2019-12-30 .
2020-01-07 423413
2020-01-14 422997
2020-01-21 422048
2020-01-28 418615
2020-02-07 413863
2020-02-14 415895
2020-02-21 423029
2020-02-28 428372
2020-03-07 439717
2020-03-14 441894
2020-03-21 387966
2020-03-28 339867
2020-03-31 .
2020-04-07 322730
2020-04-14 332162
2020-04-21 347901
2020-04-28 363691
2020-05-07 373467
2020-05-14 377600
2020-05-21 386787
2020-05-28 395557
2020-06-07 404013
2020-06-14 415192
2020-06-21 420833
2020-06-28 422414
2020-06-30 .
2020-07-07 423916
2020-07-14 423572
2020-07-21 422842
2020-07-28 425945
2020-08-07 427140
2020-08-14 429582
2020-08-21 428922
2020-08-28 427028
2020-09-01 .
2020-09-07 432631
2020-09-14 435369
2020-09-21 435400
2020-09-28 435948
2020-10-07 433811
2020-10-14 434279
2020-10-21 434567
2020-10-28 438603
2020-11-07 434937
2020-11-14 431722
2020-11-21 429102
2020-11-28 421419
2020-11-30 .
2020-12-07 418364
2020-12-14 418180
2020-12-21 420178
2020-12-28 430758
2021-01-07 451984
2021-01-14 457962
2021-01-21 458713
2021-01-28 458197
2021-02-07 449013
2021-02-14 436930
2021-02-21 437046
2021-02-28 453703
2021-03-07 473016
2021-03-14 486365
2021-03-21 496118
2021-03-28 495249
2021-03-29 .
2021-04-07 492591
2021-04-14 490838
2021-04-21 484582
2021-04-28 481444
2021-05-07 487679
2021-05-14 486868
2021-05-21 482826
2021-05-28 483715
2021-06-02 .
2021-06-07 492379
2021-06-14 494304
2021-06-21 494524
2021-06-28 492340
2021-07-07 488585
2021-07-14 485956
2021-07-21 489260
2021-07-28 491831
2021-08-07 496548
2021-08-14 500218
2021-08-21 502361
2021-08-28 498629
2021-08-30 .
2021-09-07 497940
2021-09-14 501597
2021-09-21 505875
2021-09-28 504792
2021-10-07 509346
2021-10-14 509850
2021-10-21 512463
2021-10-28 514626
2021-11-07 515603
2021-11-14 517515
2021-11-21 516033
2021-11-28 511790
2021-11-30 .
2021-12-07 500964
2021-12-14 497901
2021-12-21 499163
2021-12-28 501800
2022-01-07 513483
2022-01-14 523759
2022-01-21 524234
2022-01-28 526472
2022-02-01 .
2022-02-07 524045
2022-02-14 525075
2022-02-21 523913
2022-02-28 518483
2022-03-07 510742
2022-03-14 506511
2022-03-21 506757
2022-03-28 506410

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