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British consumers are downbeat about the economy’s prospects next year, when higher inflation is likely to erode their spending power, a major survey showed on Thursday, despite signs that growth has remained robust since June’s Brexit vote.

A big jump in households’ appetite to make major purchases helped market research company GfK’s monthly consumer sentiment index inch up to -7 in December from -8 in November, but this concealed a deterioration in consumers’ outlook for 2017.

Expectations for the year to come are now the weakest since just after June’s vote to leave the European Union, and before that they were last lower in April 2013, when the economy had suffered a period of sluggish growth.

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Craig Erlam

Craig Erlam

Senior Market Analyst - UK & EMEA at OANDA
Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a Market Analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary. His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and BNN. Craig holds a full membership to the Society of Technical Analysts and is recognised as a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts.
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