AI Data Insight
The latest Q3 2026 US unadjusted retail and food services sales reached $784.6 billion, growing by approximately 0.9% from the previous value and waving goodbye to the brief cooling in the prior period. Although external seasonally adjusted data showed a brief decline in July due to a misalignment of promotions, August rebounded strongly by 1.2% and beat market consensus, further dispelling market concerns about a hard landing for the US economy.