{
  "id": 399246,
  "title": "Retail Sales YoY",
  "country": "US",
  "indicator": "Retail Sales YoY",
  "source": "Census Bureau",
  "source_url": "https://www.census.gov",
  "url": "https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/www/marts_current.pdf",
  "reference_period": "2026-03",
  "release_date": "2026-04-21T12:30:00.000Z",
  "actual": "4.0",
  "actual_raw": 4.0,
  "previous": "3.7",
  "previous_raw": 3.7,
  "forecast": null,
  "document_type": "pdf",
  "period": "Mar",
  "category": "cnsm",
  "ticker": "ECONOMICS:USRSYY",
  "comment": "In the United States, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.",
  "currency": "USD",
  "importance": -1,
  "date_retrieved": "2026-04-21T12:40:00.000Z",
  "raw_file": "research_output/raw/399246.pdf",
  "raw_text": "research_output/raw/399246.txt"
}