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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 19 September 2019

UK Retail Sales 19 September 2019: -0.2% for August 2019, below the 0% forecast and against 0.4% in July 2019 (first reported as 0.2%). It is the lowest reading since May 2019. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Sep 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
-0.2%
August 2019
Forecast
0%
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 19 September 2019: -0.2% for August 2019 against a 0% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Sep 2019Aug-0.2%0%0.4%
15 Aug 2019Jul0.2%-0.2%0.9%
18 Jul 2019Jun1%-0.3%-0.6%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 15 August 2019The release after:UK Retail Sales 17 October 2019UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar