UK retail sales fall as shoppers cut back – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsLatest: UK retail sales fell 0.9% in DecemberBlack Friday partly to blameWSJ: Steven Mnuchin proposed cutting China tariffsTreasury denies it, but stocks riseChina cut taxes to spur demand 9.48a…

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

All main sector spend, except for food and fuel, declined in December 2018 – a month-on-month decrease of 0.9% https://t.co/KA94JJNrJ5

Here are the key points from the retail sales data, just released (and online here)

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