The retail surveys: leading or misleading?

The weakness in the retail surveys has led some to question whether the consumer sector will succumb to the malaise that has taken hold in the manufacturing sector. But we are sceptical the consumer sector will falter. In all our Brexit scenarios, we think households will remain the strongest part of the economy.

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