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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 20 December 2018

UK Retail Sales 20 December 2018: 1.4% for November 2018, above the 0.3% forecast and against -0.4% in October 2018 (first reported as -0.5%). It is the highest reading since April 2018. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Dec 2018 at 09:30 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
1.4%
November 2018
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.4%
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 20 December 2018: 1.4% for November 2018 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Dec 2018Nov1.4%0.3%-0.4%
15 Nov 2018Oct-0.5%0.2%-0.4%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 15 November 2018The release after:UK Retail Sales 18 January 2019UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar