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Have consumers shrugged off Brexit?

Last week’s figures suggested that households haven’t been ruffled much by the leave vote. Admittedly, we are wary about reading too much into these relatively upbeat figures. Temporary factors such as July’s good weather were reported to have boosted spending and retailers were engaged in heavy discounting to boost demand.

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