Retail Sales (MoM)

The retail Sales released by the National Statistics measures the total receipts of retail stores. Monthly percent changes reflect the rate of changes of such sales. Changes in Retail Sales are widely followed as an indicator of consumer spending. Generally speaking, a high reading is seen as positive, or bullish for the GBP, while a low reading is seen as negative or bearish.

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Most recent - Friday 22 August 2025 06:00

0.9%

Revised

Forecast

0.5%

Actual

Trading range

Forecast history

Past events

Date

Forecast

Actual

Friday 22 August 2025 06:00

0.5%

Friday 25 July 2025 06:00

1.2%

0.9%

Friday 20 June 2025 06:00

-0.5%

-2.7%

Friday 23 May 2025 06:00

0.2%

1.2%

Friday 25 April 2025 06:00

-0.4%

0.4%

Friday 28 March 2025 07:00

-0.3%

Friday 21 February 2025 07:00

0.3%

1.7%

Friday 17 January 2025 07:00

0.4%

-0.3%

Friday 20 December 2024 07:00

0.5%

0.2%

Friday 22 November 2024 07:00

-0.3%

-0.7%

Friday 18 October 2024 06:00

-0.3%

0.3%

Friday 20 September 2024 06:00

0.4%

Friday 16 August 2024 06:00

0.5%

Friday 19 July 2024 06:00

-0.4%

-1.2%

Friday 21 June 2024 06:00

1.5%

2.9%

Friday 24 May 2024 06:00

-0.4%

-2.3%

Friday 19 April 2024 06:00

0.3%

Friday 22 March 2024 07:00

-0.3%

Friday 16 February 2024 07:00

1.5%

3.4%

Friday 19 January 2024 07:00

-0.5%

-3.2%

Friday 22 December 2023 07:00

0.4%

1.3%

Friday 17 November 2023 07:00

0.3%

-0.3%

Friday 20 October 2023 06:00

-0.1%

-0.9%

Friday 22 September 2023 06:00

0.5%

0.4%

Friday 18 August 2023 06:00

-0.5%

-1.2%

Friday 21 July 2023 06:00

0.2%

0.7%

Friday 23 June 2023 06:00

-0.2%

0.3%

Friday 26 May 2023 06:00

0.3%

0.5%

Friday 21 April 2023 06:00

-0.5%

-0.9%

Friday 24 March 2023 07:00

0.2%

1.2%

Friday 17 February 2023 07:00

-0.3%

0.5%

Friday 20 January 2023 07:00

0.5%

-1%

Friday 16 December 2022 07:00

0.3%

-0.4%

Friday 18 November 2022 07:00

0.6%

Friday 21 October 2022 06:00

-0.5%

-1.4%

Friday 16 September 2022 06:00

-0.5%

-1.6%

Economic context

Recent economic data has been moderately bullish for GBP. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Retail Sales (MoM) result:

		Previous	Latest
GfK Consumer Confidence	Bullish change	-19	-17
S&P Global Composite PMI	Bullish change	51.5	53
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	Bearish change	48	47.3
S&P Global Services PMI	Bullish change	51.8	53.6
Consumer Price Index (MoM)	Bearish change	0.3%	0.1%
Consumer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	3.6%	3.8%
Core Consumer Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	3.7%	3.8%
Retail Price Index (MoM)	(no change)	0.4%	0.4%
Retail Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	4.4%	4.8%

About Retail Sales (MoM)

Country:	United Kingdom
Currency:	GBP
Source:	Office for National Statistics
Category:	Consumption
Frequency:	Monthly

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	China		Retail Sales (YoY)
	Germany		Retail Sales (YoY)
	Eurozone		Retail Sales (YoY)
	New Zealand		Retail Sales (QoQ)
	United States		Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index
	United States		Retail Sales (MoM)
	United States		Retail Sales Control Group
	Australia		Westpac Consumer Confidence
	Australia		Retail Sales (QoQ)
	Canada		Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM)
	Canada		Retail Sales (MoM)
	Switzerland		Real Retail Sales (YoY)
	Germany		Retail Sales (MoM)
	Germany		Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey
	Eurozone		Consumer Confidence
	Eurozone		Retail Sales (MoM)
	Indonesia		Consumer Confidence
	Japan		Large Retailer Sales
	Japan		Retail Trade s.a (MoM)
	Japan		Retail Trade (YoY)
	New Zealand		ANZ – Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence
	New Zealand		Retail Sales ex Autos (QoQ)
	New Zealand		Westpac Consumer Survey
	United Kingdom		BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales (YoY)
	United Kingdom		Retail Sales ex-Fuel (MoM)
	United Kingdom		GfK Consumer Confidence
	United Kingdom		Retail Sales ex-Fuel (YoY)
	United Kingdom		Retail Sales (YoY)
	United States		Consumer Confidence
	United States		UoM 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations
	United States		Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM)
	United States		UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation
	United States		Michigan Consumer Expectations Index
	United States		Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices (QoQ)
	United States		Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ)
	United States		Personal Spending

Calendar - Retail Sales (MoM) - United Kingdom

Retail Sales (MoM)

Most recent - Friday 22 August 2025 06:00

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About Retail Sales (MoM)

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