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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 18 August 2023

UK Retail Sales 18 August 2023: -1.2% for July 2023, below the -0.5% forecast and against 0.6% in June 2023 (first reported as 0.7%). It is the lowest reading since September 2022. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 18 Aug 2023 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
-1.2%
July 2023
Forecast
-0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0.6%
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 18 August 2023: -1.2% for July 2023 against a -0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Aug 2023Jul-1.2%-0.5%0.6%
21 Jul 2023Jun0.7%0.2%0.1%
23 Jun 2023May0.3%-0.2%0.5%
26 May 2023Apr0.5%0.3%-1.2%
21 Apr 2023Mar-0.9%-0.5%1.1%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 21 July 2023The release after:UK Retail Sales 22 September 2023UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar