“Advance estimates of US retail and food services sales for September 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $733.3 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.4 percent)* from the previous month, and up 4.3 percent (±0.5 percent) from September 2024. Total sales for the July 2025 through September 2025 period were up 4.5 percent (±0.4 percent) from the same period a year ago. The July 2025 to August 2025 percent change was unrevised from up 0.6 percent (±0.2 percent). Retail trade sales were up 0.1 percent (±0.5 percent)* from August 2025, and up 3.9 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year. Nonstore retailers were up 6.0 percent (±1.2 percent) from last year, while food service and drinking places were up 6.7 percent (±1.8 percent) from September 2024,” says the Commerce Department’s September retail sales report , delayed because Republicans want Americans to pay more for health insurance.
Analysts had expected a 0.4 percent rise but MAGAnomics gave us a 0.2 percent increase.