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Tracking Holiday Spending with CARTS 2.2 and a New Dashboard


Abstract: In this Chicago Fed Insights article, we provide an update on the Chicago Fed Advance Retail Trade Summary (CARTS). CARTS is a summary measure of multiple high-frequency consumer spending indicators that aims to improve on the timeliness and reliability of traditional measures of U.S. retail spending.

Keywords: Financial Economics; Macroeconomics; Industrial organization;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Publication Date: 2024-12