The Latest Breaking News from GfK

Consumers move quickly to prepare for unaffordable energy bills despite mild autumn, finds market research

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index continues to languish at a near-historic low of minus 47.

Sterling has tumbled by over three cents to 37-year low, and UK gilt yields are surging, after Kwasi Kwarteng announced huge unfunded tax cuts

GfK's index shows the new low is the fourth time it has been recorded in the past five months as people fret over the state of the economy

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index fell five points in September to minus 49, the worst score since records began in 1974.

Monthly look finds deepening pessimism about personal finances and prospects for the economy

GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index fell three points in August to minus 44, its lowest figure since records began.

Brit shoppers are being forced to cut back on even essential items due to the cost of living crisis with the retail sector hit heavily and some shops forced to close their doors

GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index languished at a historic low of minus 41 in July.

40-year high in inflation and the consumer sentiment lows in a survey dating back around 50 years tells you these are very difficult times

On top of rampant inflation, strikes, business gloom and rising interest rates, bad news about our shopping habits was all but inevitable. The volume of goods being sold in the UK is now falling, according to the latest monthly data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with food purchases…