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Soft UK consumer spending in Q4 a sign of things to come

A slew of data released in the first couple of weeks of the year suggests that retailers had a disappointing so-called “Golden Quarter”. We suspect this is a sign of things to come and forecast that consumer spending growth will disappoint the consensus forecast this year and next.

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