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title: "UK · Retail Sales (MoM): -0.5 · Aug 21, 2026"
description: "US data, Aug 21, 2026: actual -0.5, forecast -0.5, previous 1 · ON THE SCREWS. Captured seconds after release with the live Treasury and equity reaction."
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Economic release
              21 Aug 2026, 06:00 UTC



# UK · Retail Sales (MoM): -0.5




           Actual-0.5
           Forecast-0.5
           Previous1

               Surprise
               0.00σ

           VerdictON THE SCREWS
           ReadBonds neutral · Equities neutral


            UK · Retail Sales (MoM) — Actual -0.5, forecast -0.5, prev 1. Surprise: ON THE SCREWS, but by under a tenth of a sigma. Desk read: Bonds neutral · Equities neutral.






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