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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 19 June 2020

UK Retail Sales 19 June 2020: 12% for May 2020, above the 5.7% forecast and against -18% in April 2020 (first reported as -18.1%). It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 4 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 19 Jun 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
12%
May 2020
Forecast
5.7%
The market consensus
Previous
-18%
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 19 June 2020: 12% for May 2020 against a 5.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Jun 2020May12%5.7%-18%
22 May 2020Apr-18.1%-16%-5.2%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 22 May 2020The release after:UK Retail Sales 24 July 2020UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar