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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 18 May 2017

UK Retail Sales 18 May 2017: 2.3% for April 2017, above the 1% forecast and against -1.4% in March 2017 (first reported as -1.8%). It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 May 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
2.3%
April 2017
Forecast
1%
The market consensus
Previous
-1.4%
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 18 May 2017: 2.3% for April 2017 against a 1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 May 2017Apr2.3%1%-1.4%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 21 April 2017The release after:UK Retail Sales 15 June 2017UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar