Article: British consumer spending grows at lowest rate

Article: British consumer spending falls in July, but ...
AP Worldstream;  August 21, 2003 ;     225 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: LONDON British consumer spending fell in July after a June surge, according to government ... rise. Although the Bank of England has suggested consumer spending may be slowing, July's figure was up 4.4 percent ...

Article: British Consumer Spending Falls in July,
AP Online;  August 21, 2003 ;     251 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: LONDON British consumer spending fell in July after a June surge, according to government ... rise. Although the Bank of England has suggested consumer spending may be slowing, July's figure was up 4.4 percent ...

Article: British consumer spending slows in October
AP Worldstream;  November 1, 2001 ;     307 words ... ... numbers following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States and an unusually warm October may have hurt sales. "Consumer spending has moved out of fifth gear, but that does not mean it is heading for a standstill," he said. "It is too soon to say ...

Article: The great consumer spending gamble's running out of ...
The Independent - London;  January 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... welcome news on UK consumer spending. Retail sales ... the demise of the British consumer. With consumers ... degree to which consumer spending has been strong ... volume terms, consumer spending is now growing ...

Article: Totally switched-on. (consumer spending in Britain)
The Economist (US);  September 12, 1992 ;     674 words ...THE British consumer is a puzzling creature. Income ought to be a guide to expenditure ... microwave. This makes the idea of the technologically voracious British consumer seem less plausible. More likely, the British are simply more ...

Article: Will boys resist the lure of beauty?(consumer ...
Cosmetics International;  February 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ...A new report from research company Mintel looks at the buying habits of the British consumer and whether the boys will buy into beauty. Mintel's report(*) reveals that both men and women in the UK are spending less ...

Article: British Consumer Borrowing Grows Slowly in January
Xinhua News Agency;  March 1, 2002 ;     420 words ... ... year low of 4 percent last year in a bid to stave off recession. The lower borrowing costs have stimulated debt-financed consumer spending, offsetting weakness elsewhere in the economy, but possibly stoking up inflationary pressures.