![Britons Still Have £280 Billion of Excess Savings, Fitch Says](/i/c/418a2e7c-a081-a941-1479-ff8bb6ba1d64.webp)
Britons Still Have £280 Billion of Excess Savings, Fitch Says
UK households are still sitting on £280 billion ($349 billion) of “excess savings” accumulated during the pandemic, according
2023-11-15 02:47
![UK Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected in Spell of Warm Weather](/i/c/15b086fd-e582-398f-01b4-0a307e5b0a70.webp)
UK Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected in Spell of Warm Weather
UK retail sales tumbled more than expected as unusually warm weather deterred shoppers from spending on clothes for
2023-10-20 14:56
![UK Consumer Confidence Posts Sharpest Drop Since Start of Covid](/i/c/a2f8f25b-1107-f727-1eaa-0545ef19824a.webp)
UK Consumer Confidence Posts Sharpest Drop Since Start of Covid
UK consumer confidence fell the most since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as cash-strapped households felt the
2023-10-20 08:17
![UK Households Probably Have Run Down Pandemic Savings, BOE Says](/i/c/388829c6-4071-c839-3586-6bc711910c6c.webp)
UK Households Probably Have Run Down Pandemic Savings, BOE Says
Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent said UK households have now run down the majority of their
2023-10-05 20:53
![UK Retail Sales Rebound as Shoppers Returning From Wet July](/i/c/1fa61a75-9cc7-218a-ef8b-716daf224d38.webp)
UK Retail Sales Rebound as Shoppers Returning From Wet July
UK retail sales rebounded in August as the return of more settled weather brought consumers back into the
2023-09-22 15:17
![Britain’s Food Inflation Cools to Lowest Level in Almost a Year](/i/c/d471b161-3e50-c17f-0acf-dcf04b93b41f.webp)
Britain’s Food Inflation Cools to Lowest Level in Almost a Year
The slowest increase in grocery bills in almost a year drove down inflation in British shops in August,
2023-08-29 07:54
![Dining Out and Haircuts Among Most Sticky Parts of UK Inflation](/i/c/fe58f31f-08b2-6cb2-b876-027c71791187.webp)
Dining Out and Haircuts Among Most Sticky Parts of UK Inflation
UK inflation is proving harder to break in the basic services that Britons use — from haircuts to
2023-08-21 18:17
![UK Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected During Rainy Spell](/i/c/55c0302f-3823-54ce-2d20-e5ffad708f96.webp)
UK Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected During Rainy Spell
UK retail sales fell more than expected in July after a spell of cool and rainy weather kept
2023-08-18 14:49
![US Inflation Data May Offer Some Comfort to the Fed](/i/c/3dbae036-25f8-11b7-76cf-a55e7acd466c.webp)
US Inflation Data May Offer Some Comfort to the Fed
A closely watched measure of US inflation will probably illustrate more of the moderate price growth that the
2023-08-06 04:54
![UK’s Hot June Delivers Unexpected Boost for Retail Sales](/i/c/264a58f5-d190-de29-25f7-158f09237f87.webp)
UK’s Hot June Delivers Unexpected Boost for Retail Sales
Britain’s hottest June on record helped lift retail sales, pushing consumers into department stores and supermarkets to spend
2023-07-21 14:50
![UK Food Price Inflation Shows Signs of Easing in Two Surveys](/i/c/ecfce5d5-fde9-b625-5fec-1de566d0ceae.webp)
UK Food Price Inflation Shows Signs of Easing in Two Surveys
UK food price inflation may have passed its peak, with two separate surveys showing an improvement. The market
2023-06-20 16:18
![UK Food and Drink Makers Report First Drop in Costs Since 2016](/i/c/cf1604a3-9c6f-2b0d-3c34-0233eca1d34a.webp)
UK Food and Drink Makers Report First Drop in Costs Since 2016
Production costs for UK food and drink manufacturers fell for the first time last month since 2016, an
2023-06-20 08:51