The much stronger than expected surge in retail sales values in November, alongside the decent rise in October, suggests that real consumption growth bounced back in the fourth quarter. It also tallies with other encouraging signs about the health of the household sector recently, and suggests that the risks to our forecast that real consumption growth will remain around 2.0% this year lie to the upside.
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