{"id":128555,"date":"2026-06-17T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=128555"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:28:20","slug":"u-s-retail-sales-beat-forecasts-in-may-rising-0-6-as-consumers-defy-iran-war-headwinds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/u-s-retail-sales-beat-forecasts-in-may-rising-0-6-as-consumers-defy-iran-war-headwinds\/06\/17\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Retail Sales Beat Forecasts in May, Rising 0.6% as Consumers Defy Iran War Headwinds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sales beat expectations:<\/strong> U.S. retail sales rose to $763.7 billion in May, exceeding the 0.5% growth forecast.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prior month revised:<\/strong> April&#8217;s reading came in at a 0.5% expansion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Strong annual growth:<\/strong> Retail sales were up 6.9% year-on-year in May.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Retail trade outperforms:<\/strong> Retail trade sales specifically rose 1.0% from April and 7.5% from a year ago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nonstore retailers surge:<\/strong> Online and other nonstore retailers jumped 12.2% year-on-year \u2014 the standout category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Food services resilient:<\/strong> Restaurants and bars were up 2.7% from May 2025, signaling continued consumer confidence in discretionary spending.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fed implications:<\/strong> The stronger-than-expected reading adds to evidence of a resilient U.S. economy ahead of today&#8217;s Fed decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail sales in the United States increased to $763.7 billion in May, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Wednesday. The print followed the 0.5% expansion recorded in the previous month and came in above market expectations of 0.5% growth. On a yearly basis, retail sales were up 6.9% during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail trade sales were up 1.0% from April 2026 and up 7.5% from a year earlier. Nonstore retailers \u2014 which include e-commerce \u2014 surged 12.2% from a year ago, while food services and drinking places were up 2.7% from May 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Sales beat expectations: U.S. retail sales rose to $763.7 billion in May, exceeding the 0.5% growth forecast. Prior month revised: April&#8217;s reading came in at a 0.5% expansion. Strong annual growth: Retail sales were up 6.9% year-on-year in May. Retail trade outperforms: Retail trade sales specifically rose 1.0% from April and 7.5% from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":127193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827,49,37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-forex-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128556,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128555\/revisions\/128556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}