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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 24 May 2024

UK Retail Sales 24 May 2024: -2.3% for April 2024, below the -0.4% forecast and against -0.2% in March 2024 (first reported as 0%). It is the lowest reading since December 2023. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Fri 24 May 2024 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
-2.3%
April 2024
Forecast
-0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.2%
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 24 May 2024: -2.3% for April 2024 against a -0.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
24 May 2024Apr-2.3%-0.4%-0.2%
19 Apr 2024Mar0%0.3%0.1%
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%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 19 April 2024The release after:UK Retail Sales 21 June 2024UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar