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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 20 August 2021

UK Retail Sales 20 August 2021: -2.5% for July 2021, below the 0.4% forecast and against 0.2% in June 2021 (first reported as 0.5%). It is the lowest reading since January 2021. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 20 Aug 2021 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
-2.5%
July 2021
Forecast
0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
0.2%
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 20 August 2021: -2.5% for July 2021 against a 0.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Aug 2021Jul-2.5%0.4%0.2%
23 Jul 2021Jun0.5%0.4%-1.3%
18 Jun 2021May-1.4%1.6%9.2%
21 May 2021Apr9.2%4.5%5.1%
23 Apr 2021Mar5.4%1.5%2.2%
26 Mar 2021Feb2.1%2.1%-8.2%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 23 July 2021The release after:UK Retail Sales 17 September 2021UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar