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
May 2011
-2.1%
Apr 2011
5.2%
Mar 2011
-3.5%
Feb 2011
-0.4%
Jan 2011
2.3%
Dec 2010
-0.3%
Nov 2010
0.7%
Oct 2010
0.8%
Sep 2010
0.5%
Aug 2010
1.0%
Jul 2010
0.5%
Jun 2010
1.2%
May 2010
0.8%
Apr 2010
-2.3%
Mar 2010
4.4%
Feb 2010
2.2%
Jan 2010
-0.7%
Dec 2009
4.2%
Nov 2009
1.8%
Oct 2009
3.8%

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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