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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 21 April 2017

UK Retail Sales 21 April 2017: -1.8% for March 2017, below the -0.2% forecast and against 1.7% in February 2017 (first reported as 1.4%). It is the lowest reading since December 2016. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 21 Apr 2017 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
-1.8%
March 2017
Forecast
-0.2%
The market consensus
Previous
1.7%
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 2017: -1.8% for March 2017 against a -0.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Apr 2017Mar-1.8%-0.2%1.7%
23 Mar 2017Feb1.4%0.4%-0.5%
17 Feb 2017Jan-0.3%0.9%-2.1%
20 Jan 2017Dec-1.9%-0.1%-0.1%
15 Dec 2016Nov0.2%0.2%1.8%
17 Nov 2016Oct1.9%0.4%0.1%
20 Oct 2016Sep0%0.4%0%
15 Sep 2016Aug-0.2%-0.4%1.9%
18 Aug 2016Jul1.4%0.2%-0.9%
21 Jul 2016Jun-0.9%-0.6%0.9%
16 Jun 2016May0.9%0.2%1.9%
19 May 2016Apr1.3%0.5%-0.5%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 23 March 2017The release after:UK Retail Sales 18 May 2017UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar