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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 20 June 2019

UK Retail Sales 20 June 2019: -0.5% for May 2019, in line with the forecast and against -0.1% in April 2019 (first reported as 0%). It is the lowest reading since December 2018. It was released on Thu 20 Jun 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
-0.5%
May 2019
Forecast
-0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: A result near forecast would usually leave sterling little changed. Traders would look for a bigger signal from inflation, jobs or Bank of England communication.

UK Retail Sales 20 June 2019: -0.5% for May 2019 against a -0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Jun 2019May-0.5%-0.5%-0.1%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 24 May 2019The release after:UK Retail Sales 18 July 2019UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar