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UK Retail Sales 19 February 2021

UK Retail Sales 19 February 2021: -8.2% for January 2021, below the -2.5% forecast and against 0.4% in December 2020 (first reported as 0.3%). It is the lowest reading since April 2020. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 19 Feb 2021 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
-8.2%
January 2021
Forecast
-2.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0.4%
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 19 February 2021: -8.2% for January 2021 against a -2.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Feb 2021Jan-8.2%-2.5%0.4%
22 Jan 2021Dec0.3%1.2%-4.1%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 22 January 2021The release after:UK Retail Sales 26 March 2021UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar