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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 20 February 2020

UK Retail Sales 20 February 2020: 0.9% for January 2020, above the 0.7% forecast and against -0.5% in December 2019 (first reported as -0.6%). It is the highest reading since June 2019. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Feb 2020 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
0.9%
January 2020
Forecast
0.7%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.5%
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 February 2020: 0.9% for January 2020 against a 0.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Feb 2020Jan0.9%0.7%-0.5%
17 Jan 2020Dec-0.6%0.5%-0.8%
19 Dec 2019Nov-0.6%0.3%0%
14 Nov 2019Oct-0.1%0.2%0%
17 Oct 2019Sep0%0%-0.3%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 17 January 2020The release after:UK Retail Sales 26 March 2020UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar