Retail figures suggest that inflation will remain low as consumers spend less in non-food sectors than they did a year earlier
Consumers are taking a pause for breath. After some strong monthly increases, spending in high streets, shopping malls and online fell by 0.5%.
The City shrugged off the decline and it was right to do so. This does not portend the end of the recovery that has been under way for the past year or so.
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