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UK Retail Sales 18 September 2026

UK Retail Sales 18 September 2026: 0.5% for August 2026, above the -0.2% forecast and up from -0.5% in July 2026. 9 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 18 Sep 2026 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
0.5%
August 2026
Forecast
-0.2%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.5%
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 18 September 2026: 0.5% for August 2026 against a -0.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Sep 2026Aug0.5%-0.2%-0.5%
21 Aug 2026Jul-0.5%-0.5%0.7%
24 Jul 2026Jun1.0%-0.3%1.2%
19 Jun 2026May1.2%0.5%-1.0%
22 May 2026Apr-1.3%-0.6%0.6%
24 Apr 2026Mar0.7%0.2%-0.6%
27 Mar 2026Feb-0.4%-0.7%2.0%
20 Feb 2026Jan1.8%0.2%0.4%
21 Nov 2025Oct-1.1%0%0.7%
24 Oct 2025Sep0.5%-0.2%0.6%
19 Sep 2025Aug0.5%0.3%0.5%
5 Sep 2025Jul0.6%0.2%0.3%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 21 August 2026The release after:UK Retail Sales 23 October 2026UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar