🇬🇧 United KingdomDEMAND
Retail Sales y/y
Retail sales · United Kingdom.
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ACTUAL—Before publication
FORECAST—Pre-release expectation
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01 / WHY IT MATTERS
What changes for traders
Consumer demand helps assess economic resilience and the likelihood of a rate change.
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02 / SCENARIOS
Pre-release scenarios
ABOVE EXPECTATIONS
Above forecast: assess whether it strengthens expectations of tighter policy for GBP.
BELOW EXPECTATIONS
Below forecast: assess whether it strengthens expectations of easier policy for GBP.
Next step
Sales excluding volatile categories, the control group and revisions.
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