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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 22 March 2024

UK Retail Sales 22 March 2024: 0% for February 2024, above the -0.3% forecast and against 3.6% in January 2024 (first reported as 3.4%). It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 22 Mar 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
0%
February 2024
Forecast
-0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
3.6%
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 22 March 2024: 0% for February 2024 against a -0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
22 Mar 2024Feb0%-0.3%3.6%
16 Feb 2024Jan3.4%1.5%-3.3%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 16 February 2024The release after:UK Retail Sales 19 April 2024UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar