United Kingdom: Retail sales
(measure: index points, source: Eurostat)
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Retail sales index in the United Kingdom
, January 2000 - November 2020: For that indicator, we provide data for the United Kingdom from January 2000 to November 2020. The average value for the United Kingdom during that period was 93.97 index points with a minimum of 71.4 index points in July 2000 and a maximum of 117 index points in October 2020. Click on the following link to see the values of Retail sales index around the world.
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Measure: index points
Source: Eurostat
Source: Eurostat
Definition: The retail sales index is an aggregated measure of the sales of retail goods over a stated period. Because retail sales are a measure of consumer demand for finished goods, they are a leading macroeconomic indicator of the pulse of an economy and its projected path toward expansion or contraction. The retail sales index measures only the volume changes, i.e. price level changes are excluded.