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ONS Retail Sales February 2020

26 March 2020

As shoppers battled extreme rainfall in February, retail sales (value, non-seasonally adjusted, excluding fuel) rose by 2.3% year-on-year in the month, following a 3.8% uplift in January according...

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ONS Labour Market February 2020

18 March 2020

The UK labour market continued to hit records in the three months to January 2020, with the proportion of 16 to 64 year olds in work at a joint-high according to ONS data. However, the coronavirus...

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Visa Consumer Spending Index February 2020

18 March 2020

Visa's UK Consumer Spending Index was up by 0.6% year-on-year in February, ending a 16-month run of declines. However, since the spread of the coronavirus has significantly developed since Febr...

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GfK Consumer Confidence - February 2020

28 February 2020

Confidence rose for the third successive month, with GfK’s Consumer Confidence measure increasing by two points to -7 in February – the highest level since August 2018.  ...

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ONS Labour Market January 2020

18 February 2020

The UK labour market hit another record in the final three months of 2019, with the proportion of 16 to 64 year olds in work reaching an all-time high according to ONS data. However, earnings growt...

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GfK Consumer Confidence - January 2020

31 January 2020

Early indications suggest a modest Boris bounce in consumer sentiment, with GfK’s Consumer Confidence measure increasing by two points to -9 in January. Four out of the five compone...

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ONS Retail Sales December 2019

17 January 2020

Retail sales (value, non-seasonally adjusted, excluding fuel) rose by 3.4% year-on-year in December following a 0.3% dip in the previous month according to the latest figures from the ONS.

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RICS Residential Market Survey December 2019

16 January 2020

RICS has reported an uplift in housing market activity following the Conservative government win. New instructions to market properties, as well as buyer demand and agreed sales, moved into positiv...

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Visa Consumer Spending Index December 2019

16 January 2020

Visa's UK Consumer Spending Index continued to fall in December, with expenditure down by 1.2% year-on-year, driven by a strong ecommerce performance. This was up on the 2.0% decline in Novembe...

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GDP Monthly Estimate: November 2019

13 January 2020

UK gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.1% in the three months to November, slowing on October’s 0.2% rise which, along with September’s data, has been upwardly revised. Growth...

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Halifax House Price Index December 2019

08 January 2020

House prices in December showed the greatest gains in 2019 according to Halifax, with prices up by 1.7% on the previous month. In annual terms, house prices increased at their fastest pac...

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