LONDON (MNI) – Below is a poll of analysts’ forecasts for the UK
December retail sales data, due out on Friday, Jan 21 at 0930 GMT.

[[ ! ! ! Dec ! Dec !
! Dec ! Dec ! Retail ! Retail !
! Retail ! Retail ! Sales ! Sales !
! Sales ! Sales ! Volumes ! Volumes !
! Volumes ! Volumes ! ex-auto ! ex-auto !
! m/m ! y/y ! fuel m/m ! fuel y/y!
! % ch ! % ch ! % ch ! % ch !
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Median forecast -0.3 1.1 0.0 1.5
High forecast 0.6 2.4 0.3 2.1
Low forecast -2.0 -0.8 -1.0 0.2
Previous period 0.3 1.1 0.3 1.8
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Number of responses 15 13 9 9
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4Cast 0.2 1.1 0.1 1.3
ABN Amro -0.2 n/a n/a n/a
Action Economics -0.7 1.2 n/a n/a
Barclays Capital 0.2 1.4 0.1 1.9
BNP Paribas -2.0 -0.8 n/a n/a
Capital Economics -1.0 0.2 n/a n/a
Citi -0.4 0.4 n/a n/a
Deutsche 0.6 2.4 n/a n/a
Global Insight 0.0 1.2 n/a n/a
Investec -1.5 -0.3 -1.0 0.8
JP Morgan -0.2 n/a -0.3 1.5
National Australia Bank -0.8 0.4 -0.5 1.3
Nomura -0.3 0.9 0.0 1.9
Soc. Generale n/a n/a 0.3 2.1
Sumitomo Mitsui n/a n/a 0.2 1.6
UBS -0.3 1.5 -1.0 0.2
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