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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 23 May 2025

UK Retail Sales 23 May 2025: 1.2% for April 2025, above the 0.2% forecast and against 0.1% in March 2025 (first reported as 0.4%). It is the highest reading since January 2025. It is the fourth release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Fri 23 May 2025 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%
April 2025
Forecast
0.2%
The market consensus
Previous
0.1%
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 23 May 2025: 1.2% for April 2025 against a 0.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
23 May 2025Apr1.2%0.2%0.1%
25 Apr 2025Mar0.4%-0.4%0.7%
28 Mar 2025Feb1%-0.3%1.4%
21 Feb 2025Jan1.7%0.3%-0.6%
17 Jan 2025Dec-0.3%0.4%0.1%
20 Dec 2024Nov0.2%0.5%-0.7%
22 Nov 2024Oct-0.7%-0.3%0.1%
18 Oct 2024Sep0.3%-0.3%1%
20 Sep 2024Aug1%0.4%0.7%
16 Aug 2024Jul0.5%0.5%-0.9%
19 Jul 2024Jun-1.2%-0.4%2.9%
21 Jun 2024May2.9%1.5%-1.8%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 25 April 2025The release after:UK Retail Sales 20 June 2025UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar