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Leave vote will weaken spending, but not dramatically so

Given the prolonged period of political and economic uncertainty ahead, it would be surprising if there weren’t at least some adverse impact on consumer confidence and hence on consumer spending as a result of the vote to leave the EU. But there are reasons to think that the hit may not be too big.


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