‘Job security jitters may rise — and constrain consumer spend’

Clive Black

Consumer sentiment has been helped by a strong labour market, but nervousness on the jobs front means weak demand for discretionary goods may build, cautions Shore Capital director Clive Black

If the UK had a competent government in the fullest sense of the term—that is, to include officials as well as elected representatives—the performance of the consumer economy would be very different — in fact, much better.

 

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