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UK Retail Sales Fall More than Expected in October

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UK retail sales fell by more than expected in October as shoppers cut back on food and clothing purchases, official data shows.

The Office for National Statistics said sales volumes fell 0.8% last month, having risen by 0.5% in September.

Food stores reported the biggest monthly decline in sales since November 2011.

Compared with a year earlier, retail sales were up 0.6%, although this was also below analysts’ forecasts.

Analysts had expected a fall in October of about 0.2%, and the steeper decline may add to worries about economic growth following Wednesday’s Bank of England warning about the UK recovery.

via BBC

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Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency
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