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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 21 January 2022

UK Retail Sales 21 January 2022: -3.7% for December 2021, below the -0.6% forecast and against 1% in November 2021 (first reported as 1.4%). It is the lowest reading since January 2021. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 21 Jan 2022 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
-3.7%
December 2021
Forecast
-0.6%
The market consensus
Previous
1%
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 21 January 2022: -3.7% for December 2021 against a -0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Jan 2022Dec-3.7%-0.6%1%
17 Dec 2021Nov1.4%0.8%1.1%
19 Nov 2021Oct0.8%0.5%0%
22 Oct 2021Sep-0.2%0.5%-0.6%
17 Sep 2021Aug-0.9%0.5%-2.8%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 17 December 2021The release after:UK Retail Sales 18 February 2022UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar