UK Consumer Confidence Hits 3-Month High

2024-04-25 23:16 By Jam Kaimo Samonte 1 min. read

The GfK Consumer Confidence indicator in the United Kingdom rose to -19 in April 2024 from -21 in March, improving for the first time in three months and coming in above market expectations of -20.

The overall index has been bouncing between -24 and -19 for the last six months, indicating slow progress as economic uncertainties weighed heavily, although it is a vast improvement compared to last year when the overall index score stood at -30.

Four of the five measures that make up GfK’s Consumer Confidence indicator rose in April, with the index for personal financial situation over the next 12 months being the sole measure in positive figures.

Joe Staton, client strategy director at GfK, said: “Consumer confidence can be a very slow-moving creature and the past six months underline that.

At least there’s an air of forgiveness with consumers delivering softer verdicts on how they look back at the past year regarding their personal finances and the wider economy.“



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