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24 March 2016
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was positive for a fourth consecutive month in February with prices rising 0.3 per cent, year-on-year – unchanged on the previous month. Consensus expectations suggeste...
26 February 2016
The second estimate for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Q4 2015 suggests growth was up +0.5 per cent compared with the previous quarter, unrevised from the preliminary estimate. This marked twelve co...
25 February 2016
Retail Economics estimates total online sales rose by 10.4 per cent in January, year-on-year, compared with growth of 12.3 per cent in January 2015. Growth was below the 12-month average of 11.3 per c...
21 February 2016
Retail sales rose by 2.2 per cent year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted) in January according to the Retail Economics Sales Index. The three month rolling average, which provides a more accurate unde...
19 February 2016
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was positive for a third consecutive month in January with prices rising +0.3 per cent, year-on-year – in line with consensus expectations. The main upward pressure came...
25 January 2016
Total online sales rose by 12.1 per cent in December, year-on-year, as consumers opted for the convenience of online over visiting the high street. Average weekly online sales reached £1,149 million...
24 January 2016
Retail sales fell by 0.5 per cent year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted) in December according to the Retail Economics Sales Index. The three month rolling average, which provides a more accurate und...
20 January 2016
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was positive for a second month in December with prices rising 0.2 per cent, year-on-year – in line with consensus expectations. This is the first month since January 20...
02 January 2016
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20 December 2015
Retail sales rose by 1.3 per cent year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted) in November according to the Retail Economics Sales Index. The three month rolling average, which smooths seasonal distortions...
17 December 2015
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) returned to inflationary territory in November with prices rising 0.1 per cent, year-on-year – the first reading above zero since July. Movements in transport costs and...
23 November 2015
Retail sales disappointed in October as the anticipation of Black Friday meant consumers delayed spending in the expectation of deep and widespread discounts. Retail sales rose by 0.7 per ce...
18 November 2015
October’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained in deflationary territory with prices falling 0.1 per cent on the year, unchanged from September. This is the joint-lowest rate since the 1960s....
23 October 2015
Retail sales rose by a stellar 3.2 per cent year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted) in September according to the Retail Economics Sales Index. The three month rolling average, which smooths seasonal...
14 October 2015
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell back into deflationary territory in September with prices falling 0.1 per cent on the year. This means inflation has hovered around zero since the beginning of 2015...