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Bloomberg
UK retail sales held up better than expected in September in the face of the intensifying Brexit crisis.
The quantity of goods sold rose 0.2% from August when auto fuel is excluded, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Sales including fuel were unchanged.
A buoyant labour market has supported consumer spending through the turmoil since
the 2016 referendum. While heightened uncertainty ahead of the October 31 Brexit deadline is turning consumers more cautious, there were few signs in the latest data that they are aggressively cutting back on non-essential purchases.
Retail sales contributed modestly to economic growth in the third quarter, with ONS data showing sales rising 0.6% between July and September.