The Latest Breaking News from GfK

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index fell five points in September to minus 49, the worst score since records began in 1974.

Monthly look finds deepening pessimism about personal finances and prospects for the economy

On top of rampant inflation, strikes, business gloom and rising interest rates, bad news about our shopping habits was all but inevitable. The volume of goods being sold in the UK is now falling, according to the latest monthly data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with food purchases…

Retail sales across Britain dropped in May and consumer morale continues to slide

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index dropped one point to minus 41 in June, setting a new record low for a second successive month.

Index of optimism about the economy’s future plunges to minus 41 – the worst since polling began in 1974

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