United Kingdom Retail Sales MoM

Retail trade in the UK fell 0.5 percent from a month earlier in October 2018, following a downwardly revised 0.4 percent drop in September and missing market expectations of a 0.2 percent gain. Non-food stores were the largest contributor towards the overall fall (-1.3 percent), as purchases of household goods, such as electronics and home appliances, dropped the most since December 2017 (-3 percent) and clothes sales also declined (-1 percent). In addition, receipts at fuel stores went down 1.2 percent, while online and mail-order retail trade was unchanged and spending at food stores rose 0.4 percent. Year-on-year, retail trade growth slowed to 2.2 percent in October from an upwardly revised 3.3 percent in September, the slowest since April and also below market forecasts of 3 percent. Retail Sales MoM in the United Kingdom averaged 0.22 percent from 1996 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 2.90 percent in February of 2010 and a record low of -3.50 percent in June of 2008.

Retail Sales MoM in the United Kingdom is expected to be 0.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Retail Sales MoM in the United Kingdom to stand at 0.20 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Retail Sales MoM is projected to trend around 0.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-09-20	08:30 AM	Retail Sales MoM	0.3%	0.9%	-0.2%	0.2%
2018-10-18	08:30 AM	Retail Sales MoM	-0.8%	0.4%	-0.4%	-0.3%
2018-11-15	09:30 AM	Retail Sales MoM	-0.5%	-0.4%	0.2%	0.5%
2018-12-20	09:30 AM	Retail Sales MoM		-0.5%		1.5%

United Kingdom Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	-10.00	-9.00	10.00	-39.00	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales MoM	-0.50	-0.40	2.90	-3.50	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	2.20	3.30	9.00	-3.90	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	334676.00	333036.00	334676.00	68008.00	GBP Million	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	335929.00	333116.00	340973.00	66638.00	GBP Million	[+]
Personal Savings	4.40	4.30	15.20	-0.90	percent	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	1.75	1.75	18.00	1.25	percent	[+]
Consumer Credit	785.00	1215.00	2228.00	-1190.00	GBP Million	[+]
Gasoline Prices	1.68	1.72	2.22	0.92	USD/Liter	[+]
Households Debt To GDP	86.10	86.20	95.90	28.70	percent of GDP	[+]
Consumer Confidence Current Conditions	-25.00	-20.00	7.00	-82.00		[+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations	-23.00	-21.00	20.00	-52.00		[+]
Consumer Confidence Financial Expectations	0.00	4.00	15.00	-18.00		[+]
Consumer Confidence Major Purchases Expectations	1.00	9.00	31.00	-43.00		[+]

United Kingdom Retail Sales MoM

In the United Kingdom, the Retail sales report provides an aggregated measure of sales of retail goods and services over a specific time period. In the United Kingdom, Retail sales are seasonal, volatile and relatively important to the overall economy. This page provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Retail Sales MoM - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United Kingdom Retail Sales MoM - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.