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UK retail sales jump unexpectedly in April

2022.05.20 09:32

UK retail sales jump unexpectedly in April
FILE PHOTO: People carry Primark shopping bags after retail restrictions due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) eased, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales jumped unexpectedly in April, official data showed on Friday, but the outlook for consumer spending remained resolutely downbeat as the cost-of-living crunch intensifies.

Retail sales volumes rose by 1.4% month-on-month last month after a 1.2% drop in March.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected a 0.2% monthly fall in retail sales.

The wider picture, however, remains weak.

Retail sales in the three months to April fell 0.3%, after a 0.7% drop in March.

Earlier on Friday, Britain’s longest-running gauge of consumer confidence, the GfK survey, fell to its lowest since records began in 1974.

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