UK Retail Sales Volume

## What this measures

The volume of goods sold by UK retailers in the month, adjusted for prices and seasonality.

## Why it matters

It is the fastest read on UK household spending on goods.

## How to read it

Compare three months with the previous three; single months swing with weather and promotions.

## What it does not say

It covers goods, not services, which are most consumer spending.

## Source

Office for National Statistics, series J5EK (dataset DRSI), "Retail Sales Index: volume: All retailing including automotive fuel, SA". Palanor reads it from the ONS website's time-series data every day.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.