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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 24 April 2020

UK Retail Sales 24 April 2020: -5.1% for March 2020, below the -4% forecast and down from -0.3% in February 2020. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 24 Apr 2020 at 06:00 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
-5.1%
March 2020
Forecast
-4%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.3%
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 24 April 2020: -5.1% for March 2020 against a -4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
24 Apr 2020Mar-5.1%-4%-0.3%
26 Mar 2020Feb-0.3%0.2%1.1%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 26 March 2020The release after:UK Retail Sales 22 May 2020UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar