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Consumer card spending increases 4.5 percent in April

The warm weather in the UK and the late Easter weekend boosted essential and non-essential spending in April, according to Barclays' monthly Consumer Spend report. Barclays reports that consumer card spending grew 4.5 percent year-on-year last month, the biggest uplift since June 2023, and above the latest CPIH inflation rate of 3.4 percent, for...

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September’s sun “boosted” high street spending

Consumer card spending grew 4.2 percent year-on-year in September as the late summer sun boosted in-store spending across the UK, according to the latest Barclays report. September’s growth was less than the latest CPIH inflation rate of 6.3 percent, but higher than August’s growth figure of 2.8 percent, with spending on non-essential items...

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