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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 19 October 2017

UK Retail Sales 19 October 2017: -0.8% for September 2017, below the -0.1% forecast and against 0.9% in August 2017 (first reported as 1%). It is the lowest reading since May 2017. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Oct 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
-0.8%
September 2017
Forecast
-0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
0.9%
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 19 October 2017: -0.8% for September 2017 against a -0.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Oct 2017Sep-0.8%-0.1%0.9%
20 Sep 2017Aug1%0.2%0.6%
17 Aug 2017Jul0.3%0.2%0.3%
20 Jul 2017Jun0.6%0.4%-1.1%
15 Jun 2017May-1.2%-0.8%2.5%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 20 September 2017The release after:UK Retail Sales 16 November 2017UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar