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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 19 January 2024

UK Retail Sales 19 January 2024: -3.2% for December 2023, below the -0.5% forecast and against 1.4% in November 2023 (first reported as 1.3%). It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 19 Jan 2024 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
-3.2%
December 2023
Forecast
-0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
1.4%
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 19 January 2024: -3.2% for December 2023 against a -0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Jan 2024Dec-3.2%-0.5%1.4%
22 Dec 2023Nov1.3%0.4%0%
17 Nov 2023Oct-0.3%0.3%-1.1%
20 Oct 2023Sep-0.9%-0.2%0.4%
22 Sep 2023Aug0.4%0.5%-1.1%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 22 December 2023The release after:UK Retail Sales 16 February 2024UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar