Estados Unidos Venta Al Por Menor (Mensual)

Retail sales in the US increased 0.2% mom in February 2025, rebounding from a downwardly revised 1.2% fall in January but well below forecasts of a 0.6% rise. Seven of the report’s 13 categories saw declines: food services & drinking places (-1.5%), gasoline stations (-1%), clothing (-0.6%), motor vehicle & parts dealers (-0.4%), sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, & book stores (-0.4%), miscellaneous store retailers (-0.3%) and electronics & appliance stores (-0.3%). In contrast, sales at nonstore retailers recorded the biggest increase (2.4%), followed by health & personal care stores (1.7%), food & beverage (0.4%), general merchandise (0.2%) and building material (0.2%). Sales at furniture stores stalled. Meanwhile, sales excluding food services, auto dealers, building materials stores and gasoline stations, which are used to calculate GDP, jumped 1%, reversing a downwardly revised 1% fall in January and much better than forecasts of a 0.2% rise.