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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 24 May 2019

UK Retail Sales 24 May 2019: 0% for April 2019, above the -0.3% forecast and against 1.2% in March 2019 (first reported as 1.1%). It is the lowest reading since December 2018. It is the fourth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 24 May 2019 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%
April 2019
Forecast
-0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
1.2%
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 2019: 0% for April 2019 against a -0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
24 May 2019Apr0%-0.3%1.2%
18 Apr 2019Mar1.1%-0.3%0.6%
21 Mar 2019Feb0.4%-0.4%0.9%
15 Feb 2019Jan1%0.2%-0.7%
18 Jan 2019Dec-0.9%-0.8%1.3%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 18 April 2019The release after:UK Retail Sales 20 June 2019UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar