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40-year high in inflation and the consumer sentiment lows in a survey dating back around 50 years tells you these are very difficult times

On top of rampant inflation, strikes, business gloom and rising interest rates, bad news about our shopping habits was all but inevitable. The volume of goods being sold in the UK is now falling, according to the latest monthly data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with food purchases…

Worst outlook for almost half a century after inflation surges

GfK consumer confidence index paints gloomy picture of public economic mood, despite surprise rise in retail sales

Consumers increasingly pessimistic about economy and personal finances amid deepening cost of living crisis

GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index fell two points to minus 40 in May, its lowest score since records began in 1974.

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Slowdown in retail sector feared as public gripped by pessimism about the economy as well as personal finances

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