Weekly U.S. retail sales growth, as tracked by the Redbook index, eased modestly in the latest reading, pointing to a slight cooling in consumer spending momentum. For the period updated on 21 April 2026, Redbook’s year-over-year measure of same-store sales rose 6.7%, down from 7.0% in the previous reading.
The Redbook index compares weekly retail sales to the same week a year earlier, providing a timely snapshot of consumer demand. The current 6.7% annual increase still indicates solid spending activity, though the marginal slowdown from 7.0% suggests retailers may be seeing a bit less acceleration than earlier in the year. Market participants often watch this gauge as an early indicator of trends that may later appear in broader official retail sales data.
