BRC United Kingdom Retail Sales y/y

Country: United Kingdom, GBP
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Consumer
Last release
Actual
6.5%
Forecast
-2.9%
Previous
4.1%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Jan 2008
2.6%
Dec 2007
0.3%
Nov 2007
1.2%
Oct 2007
1.0%
Sep 2007
3.0%
Jun 2007
5.1%
Apr 2007
4.0%
Mar 2007
3.9%

BRC Retail Sales y/y reflect sales changes in 30 major categories of the UK retail sector in the given month compared to the same month of the previous year. The indicator includes data of enterprises that generate 60% of the UK retails sales.

It is an indicator of consumer demand. The indicator growth may have a positive effect on the pound quotes.

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