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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 19 April 2018

UK Retail Sales 19 April 2018: -1.2% for March 2018, below the -0.5% forecast and down from 0.8% in February 2018. It is the lowest reading since December 2017. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Apr 2018 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
-1.2%
March 2018
Forecast
-0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0.8%
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 April 2018: -1.2% for March 2018 against a -0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Apr 2018Mar-1.2%-0.5%0.8%
22 Mar 2018Feb0.8%0.4%-0.2%
16 Feb 2018Jan0.1%0.5%-1.4%
19 Jan 2018Dec-1.5%-0.6%1%
14 Dec 2017Nov1.1%0.4%0.5%
16 Nov 2017Oct0.3%0.1%-0.7%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 22 March 2018The release after:UK Retail Sales 24 May 2018UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar