LONDON (MNI) – Below is a poll of analysts’ forecasts for the UK
October retail sales and public finances data, both due out on Thursday,
November 18 at 0930 GMT.

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! ! ! Oct ! ! !
! ! ! Retail ! ! !
! Oct ! Oct ! Sales ! ! !
! Retail ! Retail ! Vols ! Oct ! Oct !
! Sales ! Sales ! ex-auto ! PSNB ! PSNCR !
! Vols ! Vols ! fuel ! stg ! stg !
! m/m ! y/y ! m/m ! Bln ! bln !
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Median forecast 0.4 0.0 0.2 9.0 7.0
High forecast 0.5 1.8 0.6 11.0 9.0
Low forecast 0.1 -0.2 0.1 -8.4 5.2
Previous period -0.2 0.5 0.0 15.6 20.7
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Number of responses 15 11 6 13 7
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ABN Amro 0.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Action Economics 0.4 0.0 n/a 9.0 7.0
Barclays Capital 0.4 0.0 0.3 4.0 8.0
BNP Paribas 0.4 0.0 n/a -8.4 5.2
Capital Economics 0.2 -0.2 n/a 11.0 8.0
Citi 0.5 0.1 n/a 8.1 n/a
Commerzbank 0.3 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Deutsche 0.5 1.8 n/a n/a 6.0
Global Insight 0.3 -0.1 n/a 10.0 n/a
Investec 0.5 0.1 0.6 8.8 n/a
JP Morgan 0.2 1.5 0.2 8.4 n/a
Lloyds TSB 0.4 0.0 0.2 6.0 9.0
National Aust. Bank 0.1 n/a 0.1 10.0 n/a
Nomura n/a n/a 0.2 10.0 n/a
RBS 0.2 1.5 n/a 8.9 6.0
Standard Chartered 0.2 n/a n/a 10.0 n/a
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