Total receipts of retail stores are measured by the Retail Sales. This is one of the most followed consumer spending indicator that shows the rate of retail sales change through its percentage changes.

Retail sales accumulates about one half of total amount of consumer outlays and over 30 percents of total activity of the economy.

Auto sales follow Retail Sales less due to their higher volatility referring to other parts of the Retail Sales and the following possibility to figure out more significant trend.

Retail sales take the effects caused by the inflation into consideration being measured in nominal conditions. At least a short-term support to the currency may be expected when Retail Sales figures grow up giving the signs of a severe economy that predicts short-term interest rates increase.