Posted on 04/21/2017 5:25:47 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
British retail sales posted their biggest quarterly fall in seven years in the first three months of 2017, as rising prices since last year's Brexit vote put more pressure on consumers, official data showed on Friday.
The volume of goods sold in shops and online contracted by 1.4 percent in the three months to the end of March, after rising 0.8 percent in the last three months of 2016, the Office for National Statistics said.
This was the biggest quarterly decline since early 2010, and reinforced most economists' view that household spending, the main driver of the economy, is now slowing sharply.
(Excerpt) Read more at uk.reuters.com ...
Rising prices blamed for biggest drop in sales for seven years
http://www.itv.com/news/2017-04-21/dramatic-drop-in-retail-sales-blamed-on-rising-prices/
All those muslim immigrants were supposed to boost the economy. I guess they don’t shop much with the government providing their every need.
Probably because my granddaughter is there. :-)
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5 replies, 3 of them yours from leftist rags....Guess what? It's not working for you.
More Anti-Trump, Pro-EU Berlin_Freeper fake news from Merkel's Mussie $hit hole.You must be the most sensitive snowflake of a Republican Party Thug I have ever seen online.5 replies, 3 of them yours from leftist rags....Guess what? It's not working for you.
I have to say it's funny how economic numbers make your squirm like that lewislynn.
Just curious, what stopped you from posting conflicting information?
Your undersized sized thug brain or simple lack of economic facts?
How about you take the time now and post differing economic data?
Waiting....
I posted one Reuters economic article (with numbers being reported in many other sources) and then 2 replies (to help you, with your counting problem to 3 - LoL!). ITV and The Independent are not even "leftist rags", you Big Dummy.
While we are on the subject about me. I should tell you that a Christian Conservative cares little of what a Republican Party Thug has to say.
Here you are being a Party Thug running defense for Juan McCain:
Witness John McCain’s true “base” — illegals.From your home page: "Glad to be part of the community here!"
You're pushing your luck with your uncalled for nonsense (my bold - BF) on every thread...
We have genuine community organizers here who are known to do evictions without notice.
And here you are being a Party Thug running defense for Romney on ABORTION of all things!
Abortion, abortion, abortion... There is abortion lunacy on both sides...it's getting really old and disgusting. It doesn't matter if he's for it or against it, the/a president can't do anything about it...get it dimwits?With your "$hit hole" and "dimwits" language, as well as your threats against posting, you are a consist ignorant Republican Party Thug through the many years.
All those muslim immigrants were supposed to boost the economy. I guess they don’t shop much with the government providing their every need.Muslim immigrants to the UK are not new arrivals. So the current economic downturn can't be attributed to them on not spending.
Yes I will bookmark the above reply for next time you feel like being a Thug in my direction. :)
Have a nice weekend.
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