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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 18 December 2020

UK Retail Sales 18 December 2020: -3.8% for November 2020, above the -4.2% forecast and against 1.3% in October 2020 (first reported as 1.2%). It is the lowest reading since April 2020. It is the seventh release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 18 Dec 2020 at 07:00 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
-3.8%
November 2020
Forecast
-4.2%
The market consensus
Previous
1.3%
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 18 December 2020: -3.8% for November 2020 against a -4.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Dec 2020Nov-3.8%-4.2%1.3%
20 Nov 2020Oct1.2%0%1.4%
23 Oct 2020Sep1.5%0.4%0.9%
18 Sep 2020Aug0.8%0.7%3.7%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 20 November 2020The release after:UK Retail Sales 22 January 2021UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar