Details from the October 2015 UK retail sales data report 19 November 2015

  • Prior +1.9%. Revised to +1.7%
  • 3.8% vs 4.2% exp y/y. Prior 6.5%. Revised to 6.2%
  • Ex-fuel -0.9% vs -0.5% exp m/m. Prior +1.7%. Revised to 1.5%
  • 3.0% vs 3.9% exp y/y. Prior 5.9%. Revised to 5.7%
  • Retail deflator -3.3% vs -3.5% prior y/y
  • Online sales +11.2% y/y. -0.8% m/m

Apols, I put the ex-fuel in the as the main number originally

The drop in sales came mostly from food, department stores and textiles & clothing

GBPUSD dropped to 1.5228 but has moved back to 1.5247

UK retail sales y/y