Consumer Spending

UK Spending Climbed In Early March: ONS

Britons have picked up the pace of their spending after a plunge at the start of the year when the country went back into a third coronavirus loc...

UK Consumer Spending Hit Again As Lockdown Goes On: Barclaycard

British consumers cut back heavily on spending as they spent a second month in a COVID-19 lockdown in February but confidence in the economy hit a 12-month...

UK Consumer Spending Plunges As New Lockdown Bites: Barclaycard

Spending by British consumers plunged in January at the fastest rate in seven months as the country went back into a tight COVID-19 lockdown, payment card...

Muted Recovery For UK Retailers In December Ends Worst Year On Record

British retailers struggled to recover in December from a partial coronavirus lockdown the previous month, marking a weak end to their worst year on record...

UK Consumer Spending Slides In December As Pandemic Flares: Barclaycard

British consumer spending fell in December at the fastest rate in six months, with pubs and restaurants especially hard hit by a resurgence of coronavirus...

French Consumer Spending Climbs In August As Shoppers Splurge In Sales

French consumer spending rose 2.3% in August, defying market expectations for a second straight month of falling expenditure, official data showed on Wedne...

US Consumer Spending Losing Steam As Fiscal Stimulus Ebbs

US consumer spending slowed in August, with a key retail sales gauge unexpectedly declining, as extended unemployment benefits were cut for millions o...

UK Consumer Spending Recovers In July As Pubs And Restaurants Reopen

British consumers spent the most last month since the country went into a coronavirus lockdown in March, as pubs, restaurants, barbers and beauty salons re...