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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 23 April 2015

UK Retail Sales 23 April 2015: -0.5% for March 2015, below the 0.4% forecast and against 0.6%(R) in February 2015 (first reported as 0.7%). It was released on Thu 23 Apr 2015 at 09:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 15 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
-0.5%
March 2015
Forecast
0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
0.6%(R)
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A reading below forecast would usually weigh on sterling as a sign of weaker consumer demand. The downside is more likely to persist if other UK activity indicators are also soft.

UK Retail Sales 23 April 2015: -0.5% for March 2015 against a 0.4% forecast, with the last 4 releases
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The last 4 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
23 Apr 2015Mar-0.5%0.4%0.6%(R)
26 Mar 2015Feb0.7%0.4%0.1%(R)
20 Feb 2015Jan-0.3%-0.2%0.2%(R)
23 Jan 2015Dec0.4%-0.6%1.6%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 26 March 2015The release after:UK Retail Sales 21 May 2015UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar