LONDON (MNI) – Below is a poll of analysts’ forecasts for the UK
January retail sales data, due out on Friday, Feb 18 at 0930 GMT.
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! ! ! Jan ! Jan !
! ! ! Retail ! Retail !
!Jan ! Jan ! Sales ! Sales !
!Retail ! Retail ! Vols ! Vols !
!Sales ! Sales ! Ex-auto ! Ex-auto !
!Vols ! Vols ! Fuel ! Fuel !
!% ch ! % ch ! % ch ! % ch !
!m/m ! y/y ! m/m ! y/y !
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Median forecast 0.5 4.1 0.4 4.2
High forecast 1.2 4.9 0.7 5.0
Low forecast -1.1 2.5 -1.5 1.6
Previous period -0.8 0.0 -0.3 1.0
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Number responses 14 12 11 11
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4Cast 0.6 4.3 0.3 4.2
ABN Amro 0.7 n/a n/a n/a
Barclays Cap. 0.7 4.4 0.4 4.6
BNP Paribas 0.8 4.5 n/a n/a
Capital Economics 0.8 4.5 n/a n/a
Citi 0.0 3.9 n/a n/a
Deutsche n/a n/a 0.0 4.2
Global Insight 0.6 4.4 n/a n/a
ING 0.4 4.0 0.4 3.5
Investec 0.3 3.9 -0.2 4.1
JP Morgan 0.5 n/a 0.4 1.6
Lloyds TSB -0.4 3.2 -0.6 3.6
NAB 0.4 4.1 0.1 4.3
Nomura -1.1 2.5 -1.5 2.6
RBS -0.2 4.1 n/a n/a
Soc. Generale n/a n/a 0.5 4.8
Standard Chartered n/a n/a n/a n/a
Sumitomo Mitsui n/a n/a 0.4 4.6
UBS 1.2 4.9 0.7 5.0
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For further information contact David Robinson on 4420 7862 7491
e-mail: drobinson@marketnews.com.
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