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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 24 March 2023

UK Retail Sales 24 March 2023: 1.2% for February 2023, above the 0.2% forecast and against 0.9% in January 2023 (first reported as 0.5%). It is the highest reading since April 2022. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 24 Mar 2023 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
1.2%
February 2023
Forecast
0.2%
The market consensus
Previous
0.9%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A reading above forecast would usually support sterling by pointing to stronger household demand. The reaction is generally modest, but can be larger if the increase is broad-based or materially changes the growth outlook.

UK Retail Sales 24 March 2023: 1.2% for February 2023 against a 0.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
24 Mar 2023Feb1.2%0.2%0.9%
17 Feb 2023Jan0.5%-0.3%-1.2%
20 Jan 2023Dec-1%0.5%-0.5%
16 Dec 2022Nov-0.4%0.3%0.9%
18 Nov 2022Oct0.6%0.3%-1.5%
21 Oct 2022Sep-1.4%-0.5%-1.7%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 17 February 2023The release after:UK Retail Sales 21 April 2023UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar