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23 November 2015
Retail sales disappointed in October as the anticipation of Black Friday meant consumers delayed spending in the expectation of deep and widespread discounts. Retail sales rose by 0.7 per ce...
18 November 2015
October’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained in deflationary territory with prices falling 0.1 per cent on the year, unchanged from September. This is the joint-lowest rate since the 1960s....
23 October 2015
Retail sales rose by a stellar 3.2 per cent year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted) in September according to the Retail Economics Sales Index. The three month rolling average, which smooths seasonal...
14 October 2015
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell back into deflationary territory in September with prices falling 0.1 per cent on the year. This means inflation has hovered around zero since the beginning of 2015...
20 September 2015
Retail sales rose by 0.6 per cent year-on-year (non-seasonally adjusted) in August according to the Retail Economics Sales Index. The three month rolling average, which smooths seasonal distortions,...
16 September 2015
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was zero in August, continuing to hover around zero for seven months. This continued period of virtually no inflation continues to support households giving a boost to s...
23 August 2015
Retail sales values (non-seasonally adjusted values and excluding fuel) rose by 1.9 per cent in July, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In volume terms, growth continued for the 2...
13 August 2015
Retail has gone through enormous structural change over the last few years with digital, ecommerce and technology at the heart of transforming the retail landscape in the UK. The growth and...
03 August 2015
The first estimate of GDP for Q2 2015 confirmed that momentum is building up in the UK economy. The 0.7 per cent rise, compared with the previous quarter, was aligned with expectations and showed a si...
27 July 2015
Retail sales values (non-seasonally adjusted values and excluding fuel) rose by 1.8 per cent in June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In volume terms, growth continued for the 2...
15 July 2015
The Consumer Price Index CPI was zero in June, a marginal decline from 0.1 per cent in May. UK consumers are continuing to benefit from sustained period of low inflation. It has now been 18 months sin...
06 July 2015
Consumer spending continued to power ahead in the first quarter of 2015 rising by +0.9 per cent compared with the previous quarter a significant upward revision from the earlier estimate of +0.5 per...
22 June 2015
Retail sales values non-seasonally adjusted rose by 2.5 per cent in May, according to the Office for National Statistics. The underlying strength of data as suggested by the three month on three mon...
16 June 2015
After the briefest period of deflation, the UK economy crept back to inflationary territory in May as prices rose by 0.1 per cent compared with the same period last year. The largest upward contribut...
14 June 2015
The outlook for households and consumer spending is the brightest in recent memory. An unexpected majority government, no inflation, rising real wages, record level of employment and rising househo...