September’s rise in retail sales volumes was a rare bright spot in an otherwise terrible set of consumer data released over the last month. Consumer confidence has remained at a very low level, inflation has surged and job losses have gathered pace – all point to further falls in real household spending which we continue to think will drop by 1.5% or so in 2012.
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