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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 22 April 2022

UK Retail Sales 22 April 2022: -1.4% for March 2022, below the -0.3% forecast and against -0.5% in February 2022 (first reported as -0.3%). It is the lowest reading since December 2021. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 22 Apr 2022 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
-1.4%
March 2022
Forecast
-0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.5%
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 22 April 2022: -1.4% for March 2022 against a -0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 Apr 2022Mar-1.4%-0.3%-0.5%
25 Mar 2022Feb-0.3%0.6%1.9%
18 Feb 2022Jan1.9%1%-4%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 25 March 2022The release after:UK Retail Sales 20 May 2022UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar