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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 24 May 2018

UK Retail Sales 24 May 2018: 1.6% for April 2018, above the 0.7% forecast and against -1.1% in March 2018 (first reported as -1.2%). It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 7 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 24 May 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
1.6%
April 2018
Forecast
0.7%
The market consensus
Previous
-1.1%
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 24 May 2018: 1.6% for April 2018 against a 0.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
24 May 2018Apr1.6%0.7%-1.1%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 19 April 2018The release after:UK Retail Sales 14 June 2018UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar