ATW Brexit Doom

[northernladyuk]

No - did not take my 11 plus in 2013 - in fact do not think I took an '11 plus' as it was replaced by something else when I was 11.

The cretin doth protest too much, methinks.

[original PM]

You failed your 11 plus exam.

No - did not take my 11 plus in 2013 - in fact do not think I took an '11 plus' as it was replaced by something else when I was 11.

Anyway not sure that would have affected the economy either way tbh.

Any other ideas?

[northernladyuk]

We have not seen lower growth on the year since April 2013. Increased retail prices across all sectors seem to be a significant factor in slowing growth.”

What happened in April 2013?

You failed your 11 plus exam.

[original PM]

Retail sales generally are looking poor.



But the great news is that people are spending more at petrol stations.

We have not seen lower growth on the year since April 2013. Increased retail prices across all sectors seem to be a significant factor in slowing growth.”

What happened in April 2013?

[northernladyuk]

"Furniture is seen as a “big ticket” discretionary item, and the profit warning will add to evidence that Britons are facing an increasingly tight squeeze on their spending power"

Retail sales generally are looking poor.

UK retail sales slide as inflation hits spending

Breaking: Retail sales volumes across the UK plunged by 1.2% in May as inflation bites deeper into household budgets.

This is a deeper fall than the 0.8% decline expected, and will fuel worries that the UK economy is faltering.

It means that retail sales were only 0.9% higher than a year ago - the weakest rise since April 2013!

The Office for National Statistic blames rising prices (inflation jumped to 2.9% in May).

Ole Black, ONS Senior Statistician says:

“The year-on-year growth in the quantity bought for retail sales in May 2017 was at 0.9%. We have not seen lower growth on the year since April 2013. Increased retail prices across all sectors seem to be a significant factor in slowing growth.”

But the great news is that people are spending more at petrol stations.

[AtW]

"Furniture is seen as a “big ticket” discretionary item, and the profit warning will add to evidence that Britons are facing an increasingly tight squeeze on their spending power"

[original PM]

Getting AMG cock extension tomorrow

FTFY (and the spelling of tomorrow)

[northernladyuk]

Getting AMG sofa tommorrow

Don't write it off on the way home from the shop.

[AtW]

Getting AMG sofa tommorrow

[northernladyuk]

So next time his sofa is covered in squirrel bodily fluids that won't clean off he will have to live with them?

He'll just have to scrap them off for a bit of extra kebab sauce.

[BrilloPad]

So next time his sofa is covered in squirrel bodily fluids that won't clean off he will have to live with them?

[northernladyuk]

http://www.theguardian.com/business/...t-uk-consumers

DFS warns over profits amid election and Brexit uncertainty
Sofa retailer’s shares slide by more than a fifth as it forecasts fall in demand due to consumer spending squeeze