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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 16 September 2022

UK Retail Sales 16 September 2022: -1.6% for August 2022, below the -0.5% forecast and against 0.4% in July 2022 (first reported as 0.3%). It is the lowest reading since December 2021. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 16 Sep 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
-1.6%
August 2022
Forecast
-0.5%
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 16 September 2022: -1.6% for August 2022 against a -0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
16 Sep 2022Aug-1.6%-0.5%0.4%
19 Aug 2022Jul0.3%-0.2%-0.2%
22 Jul 2022Jun-0.1%-0.3%-0.8%
24 Jun 2022May-0.5%-0.7%0.4%
20 May 2022Apr1.4%-0.2%-1.2%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 19 August 2022The release after:UK Retail Sales 21 October 2022UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar