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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 21 April 2016

UK Retail Sales 21 April 2016: -1.3% for March 2016, below the -0.1% forecast and against -0.5% in February 2016 (first reported as -0.4%). It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 21 Apr 2016 at 08:30 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
-1.3%
March 2016
Forecast
-0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.5%
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 21 April 2016: -1.3% for March 2016 against a -0.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Apr 2016Mar-1.3%-0.1%-0.5%
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)
The release before:UK Retail Sales 24 March 2016The release after:UK Retail Sales 19 May 2016UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar