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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 24 March 2016

UK Retail Sales 24 March 2016: -0.4% for February 2016, above the -0.7% forecast and down from 2.3% in January 2016. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 24 Mar 2016 at 09:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 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
-0.4%
February 2016
Forecast
-0.7%
The market consensus
Previous
2.3%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A reading above forecast would usually support sterling by pointing to stronger household demand. The reaction is generally modest, but can be larger if the increase is broad-based or materially changes the growth outlook.

UK Retail Sales 24 March 2016: -0.4% for February 2016 against a -0.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
24 Mar 2016Feb-0.4%-0.7%2.3%
19 Feb 2016Jan2.3%0.8%-1.4%
22 Jan 2016Dec-1%-0.3%1.3%
17 Dec 2015Nov1.7%0.5%-0.5%
19 Nov 2015Oct-0.6%-0.5%1.7%
22 Oct 2015Sep1.9%0.3%-0.4%
17 Sep 2015Aug0.2%0.2%0.0%
20 Aug 2015Jul0.1%0.4%-0.1%
23 Jul 2015Jun-0.2%0.3%0.3%(R)
18 Jun 2015May0.2%0.0%0.8%(R)
21 May 2015Apr1.2%0.4%-0.7%(R)
23 Apr 2015Mar-0.5%0.4%0.6%(R)
The release before:UK Retail Sales 19 February 2016The release after:UK Retail Sales 21 April 2016UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar