Retail Sales - Macro Data

US CB - census.gov/retail/index.html

Advance Monthly, Monthly and Annual Retail Trade Reports, and the Quarterly E-Commerce Report.

July decline of 1.1%. - dismal

August - Back to School - dismal

September - Back to Business - dismal

The August 2021 Advance Monthly Retail report is scheduled for release on September 16, 2021 at 8:30 AM EST

Retail tends to follow Auto sales - Forecasters expect U.S. auto sales to decline in August 2021

Sales for August 2021 are expected to be around 1.1 million cars and trucks combined, down 13.7% vs. August 2020
and down 25.3% vs. pre-COVID