United Kingdom Retail Sales ex-Fuel (MoM) came in at 0.2%, above forecasts (-0.7%) in December

FXStreet.com (Barcelona)

Jan 23, 2015

United Kingdom Retail Sales (MoM) came in at 0.4%, above forecasts (-0.6%) in December

UK retail sales see growth for the 21st consecutive month

The data released by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) today showed Retail Sales came-in at 4.3%, beating the expected print of 3.4%, and down from the previous month’s print of 6.9%. The full year – 2014 retails rose 3.8% compared with 2013.