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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 18 October 2018

UK Retail Sales 18 October 2018: -0.8% for September 2018, below the -0.4% forecast and against 0.4% in August 2018 (first reported as 0.3%). It is the lowest reading since March 2018. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Oct 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
-0.8%
September 2018
Forecast
-0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
0.4%
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 18 October 2018: -0.8% for September 2018 against a -0.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Oct 2018Sep-0.8%-0.4%0.4%
20 Sep 2018Aug0.3%-0.2%0.9%
16 Aug 2018Jul0.7%0.2%-0.5%
19 Jul 2018Jun-0.5%0.2%1.4%
14 Jun 2018May1.3%0.5%1.8%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 20 September 2018The release after:UK Retail Sales 15 November 2018UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar