UK Data Forecasts: Sep Retail Sales

LONDON (MNI) – Below is a poll of analysts’ forecasts for the UK
September retail sales data, due out on Thursday, Oct 21 at 0830 GMT.

[[
! ! ! Sep ! Sep !
! Sep ! Sep ! Retail ! Retail !
! Retail ! Retail! Sales ! Sales !
! Vols ! Vols ! ex-autos ! ex-autos !
! m/m ! y/y ! m/m ! y/y !
! % ch ! % ch ! % ch ! % ch !
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Median forecast 0.3 1.0 0.1 2.0
High forecast 0.7 1.5 0.5 2.3
Low forecast -0.2 0.7 -0.3 1.5
Previous period -0.5 0.4 -0.4 1.9
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Number responses 14 11 10 9
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4Cast 0.5 1.1 0.5 2.3
ABN Amro 0.5 n/a n/a n/a
Action Economics 0.3 0.8 n/a n/a
Barclays Capital 0.3 0.9 0.2 2.0
BNP Paribas 0.7 1.3 n/a n/a
Capital Economics 0.5 1.1 n/a n/a
Citi 0.5 1.0 n/a n/a
Commerzbank 0.6 1.1 n/a n/a
Global Insight 0.3 0.7 n/a n/a
Investec -0.2 1.5 -0.2 2.2
JP Morgan 0.3 n/a 0.3 2.1
Lloyds TSB 0.1 0.7 0.0 1.8
Nomura 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a
RBS n/a n/a -0.2 1.6
Soc. Generale n/a n/a -0.3 1.5
Sumitomo Mitsui n/a n/a 0.3 2.1
UBS 0.3 0.8 0.3 2.0
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