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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 21 August 2020

UK Retail Sales 21 August 2020: 3.6% for July 2020, above the 2% forecast and down from 13.9% in June 2020. It is the lowest reading since April 2020. It is the third release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 21 Aug 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
3.6%
July 2020
Forecast
2%
The market consensus
Previous
13.9%
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 21 August 2020: 3.6% for July 2020 against a 2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Aug 2020Jul3.6%2%13.9%
24 Jul 2020Jun13.9%8%12.3%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 24 July 2020The release after:UK Retail Sales 18 September 2020UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar