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 CARTSILPC
Source Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Release Chicago Fed Advance Retail Trade Summary
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Weekly
Units Log Percent Change Week over Week
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 change series measures week-over-week log percent change in retail trade.

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 0.389873240640660650
2018-01-14 0.171078320702827400
2018-01-21 0.171081521165721730
2018-01-28 0.036201027487519050
2018-02-04 .
2018-02-07 -0.076485814033052600
2018-02-14 -0.154057412998588330
2018-02-21 0.942582507722652600
2018-02-28 1.038161876150925300
2018-03-07 -0.587425052794922200
2018-03-14 -1.042772990712633700
2018-03-21 -0.206485965951137250
2018-03-28 0.017731072533878414
2018-04-07 0.489878597166593430
2018-04-14 -0.189240589659487370
2018-04-21 0.194802904682148980
2018-04-28 0.630616932619779200
2018-05-02 .
2018-05-07 0.358435274680300060
2018-05-14 0.557516076965886500
2018-05-21 -0.349909441492964160
2018-05-28 0.176396616226825150
2018-06-07 -0.337750050511546160
2018-06-14 0.221977883407162620
2018-06-21 -0.065197058775823400
2018-06-28 -0.119627821675568400
2018-07-07 0.689232658830134000
2018-07-14 0.384353037068857700
2018-07-21 -0.319247706642802660
2018-07-28 -0.712610020858633000
2018-07-30 .
2018-08-07 0.213199146187788740
2018-08-14 0.452181675974025900
2018-08-21 0.220764830241444030
2018-08-28 0.443859156231220100
2018-09-07 -0.404022921794663500
2018-09-14 -0.700942963891948400
2018-09-21 -0.297016758118135270
2018-09-28 0.862831707276429800
2018-10-07 0.753572893214829100
2018-10-14 -0.148196606097948050
2018-10-21 -0.005732433722971053
2018-10-28 0.351338767836137300
2018-10-30 .
2018-11-07 0.105598398128860320
2018-11-14 -0.005582806436074422
2018-11-21 -0.010813888585951448
2018-11-28 -1.391382321454546700
2018-12-07 -1.551459900759363500
2018-12-14 -0.457681851317358830
2018-12-21 0.720602678085065200
2018-12-28 0.785538719021865300
2019-01-02 .
2019-01-07 0.611049909665509800
2019-01-14 0.781618160499584800
2019-01-21 0.080603977944520400
2019-01-28 -1.016511027848932200
2019-02-07 0.017815732360198510
2019-02-14 0.271677884716364950
2019-02-21 0.312583011334479630
2019-02-28 0.236911225096154780
2019-03-07 0.593687501102665100
2019-03-14 -0.415910563238685470
2019-03-21 -0.082586897296566540
2019-03-28 1.530749892159373400
2019-04-07 -0.112877514754198410
2019-04-14 -0.209259982072521170
2019-04-21 0.082293586751205700
2019-04-28 -0.772635429978402700
2019-04-29 .
2019-05-07 -0.008305128465294583
2019-05-14 0.670482304705594300
2019-05-21 0.669467536750483300
2019-05-28 0.507293934283805500
2019-06-07 0.107137262077701720
2019-06-14 -1.009221094933859400
2019-06-21 -0.165864316929732050
2019-06-28 0.545517034550744400
2019-07-07 -0.018612390524502280
2019-07-14 0.594361885581329700
2019-07-21 0.187242751554027800
2019-07-28 0.115626854952987340
2019-07-30 .
2019-08-07 0.127988780013499640
2019-08-14 -0.231490009425186550
2019-08-21 -0.706008263246630000
2019-08-28 0.523616777603304200
2019-09-07 -1.009687821216109600
2019-09-14 0.423803953279438760
2019-09-21 1.106048111303475000
2019-09-28 0.018910714730690947
2019-10-02 .
2019-10-07 -0.303369092394733400
2019-10-14 0.435107364129287100
2019-10-21 -0.282099278199377300
2019-10-28 -0.236958345860606820
2019-11-07 0.067923485282473940
2019-11-14 -0.356962476643402640
2019-11-21 -0.200624134016610100
2019-11-28 1.419888100128600600
2019-12-07 0.305880919677315600
2019-12-14 -0.889455985516322200
2019-12-21 -0.245856910661080290
2019-12-28 0.229375064791314140
2019-12-30 .
2020-01-07 1.008236240159452000
2020-01-14 -0.098523854302138570
2020-01-21 -0.224955293349884100
2020-01-28 -0.817939956706581200
2020-02-07 -0.850430432026788700
2020-02-14 0.489095018440668800
2020-02-21 1.698422067838079000
2020-02-28 1.253257392445803300
2020-03-07 2.447488561038724700
2020-03-14 0.493965432810006040
2020-03-21 -13.019671658604500000
2020-03-28 -13.241274841036290000
2020-03-31 .
2020-04-07 -2.515051174154107000
2020-04-14 2.807194550579940700
2020-04-21 4.515745280669654000
2020-04-28 4.334319841793556000
2020-05-07 1.617481836020824300
2020-05-14 1.086551095675724700
2020-05-21 2.373625198532118400
2020-05-28 2.214518754637322000
2020-06-07 1.453369101722421000
2020-06-14 2.714592037197806300
2020-06-21 1.342099276919506600
2020-06-28 0.372984907462197040
2020-06-30 .
2020-07-07 0.182323134928241620
2020-07-14 -0.080916341895303280
2020-07-21 -0.171787647250657180
2020-07-28 0.728487333198877600
2020-08-07 0.168784310087245070
2020-08-14 0.568736147301074900
2020-08-21 -0.153405115526675130
2020-08-28 -0.441516904225235150
2020-09-01 .
2020-09-07 1.150514546747727800
2020-09-14 0.630332814550254900
2020-09-21 0.007202992334237185
2020-09-28 0.125659137760672080
2020-10-07 -0.425725299750846700
2020-10-14 0.107747574300959090
2020-10-21 0.066178046310996930
2020-10-28 0.923074687731362500
2020-11-07 -0.803515167793363200
2020-11-14 -0.740365671595684300
2020-11-21 -0.607513225858232100
2020-11-28 -1.803176513121731900
2020-11-30 .
2020-12-07 -0.385955407997275460
2020-12-14 -0.043836277411244560
2020-12-21 0.474219891082992450
2020-12-28 2.473623712812482700
2021-01-07 3.753470389913031300
2021-01-14 1.321039154437780200
2021-01-21 0.164610740067495000
2021-01-28 -0.113145877652899740
2021-02-07 -1.687795645542899500
2021-02-14 -2.733064406134883700
2021-02-21 0.026476994026631395
2021-02-28 3.747478244454842000
2021-03-07 3.071101820743842300
2021-03-14 2.818524496792713700
2021-03-21 2.010077713820957000
2021-03-28 -0.177494497854218900
2021-03-29 .
2021-04-07 -0.557160788573281200
2021-04-14 -0.360859561313398140
2021-04-21 -1.298959285874648200
2021-04-28 -0.657915301663418900
2021-05-07 1.235981047644328500
2021-05-14 -0.168564969202598060
2021-05-21 -0.844955161608247100
2021-05-28 0.186622096279978670
2021-06-02 .
2021-06-07 1.517244370312385000
2021-06-14 0.396371684020341840
2021-06-21 0.045284029508313010
2021-06-28 -0.449801421267652660
2021-07-07 -0.595237537727933400
2021-07-14 -0.547313477882685000
2021-07-21 0.687401708869603000
2021-07-28 0.531461843943450200
2021-08-07 0.693718321601692200
2021-08-14 0.748622042336345400
2021-08-21 0.434745760049270000
2021-08-28 -0.758165327381372200
2021-08-30 .
2021-09-07 -0.067861329638912660
2021-09-14 0.743385333024710400
2021-09-21 0.862884294692378000
2021-09-28 -0.217900294184897800
2021-10-07 0.718765589441458200
2021-10-14 0.100637761678995850
2021-10-21 0.520144579967851500
2021-10-28 0.428614726325356400
2021-11-07 0.078382021184827730
2021-11-14 0.377065791347124600
2021-11-21 -0.292118228066910350
2021-11-28 -0.841021502954096400
2021-11-30 .
2021-12-07 -1.678979592943460000
2021-12-14 -0.622078292738107000
2021-12-21 0.256865222082921060
2021-12-28 0.534163249605095000
2022-01-07 1.837158289098238300
2022-01-14 2.018481499675822500
2022-01-21 0.092291521858659850
2022-01-28 0.433706520406829200
2022-02-01 .
2022-02-07 -0.452033024141912500
2022-02-14 0.199809033177263450
2022-02-21 -0.225616265444460450
2022-02-28 -1.060881368665767000
2022-03-07 -1.119109332580059400
2022-03-14 -0.844076135050443200
2022-03-21 0.049415169712635460
2022-03-28 -0.069522044562221300

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